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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

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 ...