15th Amendment — 2020 #VRABlackHistory — The Voting Rights Alliance

February 11 - The Fifteenth Amendment (1870)

Today we honor the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which outlaws discrimination in voting rights on the basis of race, color, and previous condition of servitude; thereby advancing suffrage for African Americans (although only men could vote at that time).

Caitlyn CobbFebruary 11, 2020The 15th Amendment, 15th Amendment, Constitution, BlackHistoryMonth, Black History Month 2020, Black women in the women's suffrage movement, Voting Rights, #VRABlackHistoryComment