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 ...
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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At center, a depiction of a parade in celebration of the passing of the 15th Amendment. Framing it are portraits and vignettes illustrating the rights granted by the 15th Amendment: "We till our own ...
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Louisiana's AG has executed a troubling bait-and-switch that could send voting rights back to 1964
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 — one of the most transformative laws in American history. Signed into law after the Selma-to-Montgomery marches, the Voting ...
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 ...
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