Voting rights for freed Black people ... Grant's election and his inauguration drafting this new amendment, which would be the 15th added to the Constitution. The writers of the Fifteenth ...

Voting rights for freed Black people ... Grant's election and his inauguration drafting this new amendment, which would be the 15th added to the Constitution. The writers of the Fifteenth ...

Though the language of the Fifteenth Amendment prohibits all race-based discrimination in qualifications for voting ... discrimination with respect to the rights to vote and hold office.

We need a Voting Rights Act for the 21st century, one that goes beyond the anti-discrimination focus of the 15th Amendment and fulfills the broader promise of equal citizenship promised by the ...

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is widely considered to be the single most important federal statute protecting the right to vote. The act contains a number of important provisions, but today it is ...

Americans have demonstrated, fought, lobbied, struck, boycotted, politicked, suffered, and voted so nearly every adult ...

The fight for voting rights has existed alongside campaigns to encourage voter registration and ... The National Museum of African American History Museum exhibition Make Good the Promises explores ...

Women from across Kentucky are coming together to advocate for amending Section 145 of Kentucky’s Constitution and restoring voting rights to those disenfranchised by felony convictions. The event, ...