Even the United States Constitution is not immune to edits. ... Fifteenth amendment: Established that the right to vote cannot be denied based on race, and grants Congress the power to enforce this; ...

In 1870, the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. It decreed that the right to vote shall not be denied on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude.

Finally, on March 30, 1870, the Fifteenth Amendment became part of the Constitution. To many, it felt like the last step of reconstruction. But just as some had predicted, Southerners found ways ...

In the wake of the Civil War, three amendments were added to the U.S. Constitution. The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery (1865), the Fourteenth Amendment made freed slaves citizens of the ...

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.

Ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment. Share full article. March 12, 1869. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from March 12, 1869, Page 5 Buy Reprints.