Left with no choice, the states ratified the amendments and were restored to statehood. Finally, on March 30, 1870, the Fifteenth Amendment became part of the Constitution. To many, it felt like ...

When Mississippi’s new, heavily Republican legislature gathered in January 1870, it signaled a radical ... seat once held by Jefferson Davis. The 15th Amendment prevented states from denying ...

The Methodist Church for colored people corner of West Tenth and Bleecker streets, was crowded last evening by colored and white citizens to celebrate the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment.

Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude ...

On April 4, 1870, a day after the passage of the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution, a barber in El Paso was ...

and African American men could not vote until 1870. Eric Foner, a Columbia University historian told NPR, "Because of the 15th Amendment, you can't pass laws saying blacks can't vote, which is wha ...

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(WMBD) — April 4 is David Strother Day, commemorating the first African-American man to vote in Illinois after the passing of ...