On Monday, America celebrates the 150th anniversary of the 15th Amendment. This year also marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, that won women the right to vote, and the 55th ...

On this day in history, Feb. 3, 1870, the 15th Amendment was ratified, declaring that all citizens had voting rights and could not be denied based on "race, color or previous condition of servitude." ...

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 ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson gives remarks before signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965. (credit: LBJ Library) The 15 th Amendment was ratified on February 3, 1870—the last of the three ...

This constitutional amendment revolutionized voting in U.S. and preceded women's suffrage After the Civil War and with the advent of the 15th Amendment, Republicans and African American men mobilized.

Republicans' answer to the problem of the black vote was to add a Constitutional amendment that guaranteed black suffrage in all states, and no matter which party controlled the government.

But that’s not the whole story. A closer look at the Fifteenth Amendment reveals troubling effects that continue to this day. In many respects, the ongoing assault on the voting rights of Black ...

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 women’s movement grows out of abolition, and yet with the 15th Amendment, which is a huge breakthrough for civil rights — establishing that voting will not be denied on ...

The 15th Amendment was a dead letter in the South, and it would not be revived in a meaningful way until the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The amendment also did nothing to give political voice to ...

Less than half of the world’s people live in functioning democracies, but we do. We live in a country where we get to vote and where our votes matter. We can celebrate that privilege today, Feb ...