Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics education written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The Fifteenth Amendment was ...
The 15th Amendment was written to stop governments from picking winners and losers based on skin color. In Louisiana, that is ...
Liberty Amendments Month 2024 begins on June 15, highlighting history, citizenship rights and culture as they relate to the 13th, 14th, 15th and 19th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. These ...
An illustration of Black people in line to vote. Harper's Weekly Magazine. At the time of Ulysses S. Grant's election to the presidency in 1868, Americans were struggling to reconstruct a nation torn ...
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It seems to me that the Republican Party has either not read or has completely ignored, the 15th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. In my opinion, this is the most important Amendment for all ...
This Wednesday, there was an expert-led panel, an ethics debate, a trivia contest and a voter registration drive, for its 15th annual First Amendment Day celebration. The events were organized by the ...
The Fifteenth Amendment was the last of three Reconstruction Amendments. The first two were ratified in 1865 and 1868, respectively. The 15th Amendment was a milestone for civil rights. The amendment ...