On this day in history, Feb. 3, 1870, the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified — granting African American men the right to vote. The amendment declared that the "right of ...

The Hungarian parliament is considering a proposal for the fifteenth amendment to the constitution, which introduces significant changes regarding marriage, child-rearing, and cash protection. What do ...

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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 ...

Sargent’s proposal simply repeated the language of the Fifteenth Amendment save for one change: whereas the Fifteenth Amendment forbids both the U.S. and state governments from denying or ...

And definitely yes, “it was the Republican party that drafted and ratified the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, which did away with slavery and any distinction between Americans based on race.” ...

This glimpse into the past highlights the thin connection that existed between citizenship and the right to vote, before Congress and the states ratified the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments.

Congress spent the days between Grant's election and his inauguration drafting this new amendment, which would be the 15th added to the Constitution. The writers of the Fifteenth Amendment ...