Saturday, February 2, 2008

Short Change... AA Facts For the Shortest Month of the Year (02.03.08)


On this day, in 1870, we were given the right to vote...

AMENDMENT XV

(The proposed amendment was sent to the states Feb. 27, 1869, by the Fortieth Congress. It was ratified Feb. 3, 1870.)

SECTION 1

[Right of certain citizens to vote established.]

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.




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