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 ...

Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The Fifteenth Amendment was the last of three Reconstruction Amendments. The first two were ratified in 1865 and 1868, respectively. The 15th ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Full text is unavailable for this digitized archive article. Subscribers may view the full text of this article in ...

The bill agreed upon by the Conference Committee of the two Houses of Congress, to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment, was passed by the House last night, after a sharp debate, and by a strict party ...

Former U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement and UMD History Professor Michael Ross talked about the black codes and the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments during the Reconstruction Era ...

In a landmark verdict, the High Court yesterday scrapped a part of the 15th amendment to the constitution that abolished the non-partisan caretaker government system. The verdict removes an ...

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 ...

April 14 (UPI) --Hungary's parliament amended its constitution Monday to ban public LGBTQ+ gatherings, as it declared children's rights to "moral, physical and spiritual development supersede any ...

Hungarian lawmakers on Monday passed the 15th amendment to the Fundamental Law, as the constitution is called, restricting the right of LGBT groups to hold public events while recognizing only two ...

The land near the corner of Rector and Commerce streets once sat beneath the home of Thomas Mundy Peterson, the United States’ first Black voter under the protection of the 15th Amendment.

The Fifteenth Amendment was the last of three Reconstruction Amendments. The first two were ratified in 1865 and 1868, respectively. The 15th Amendment was a milestone for civil rights.