1870 – The 15th amendment, guaranteeing the right to vote regardless of race, was passed by the U.S. Congress


Following its ratification by the requisite three-fourths of the states, the 15th Amendment, granting African American men the right to vote, is formally adopted into the U.S. Constitution. Passed by Congress the year before, the amendment reads, “the right of citizens of the 

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