An illustration of Black people in line to ... The writers of the Fifteenth Amendment produced three different versions of the document. The first of these prohibited states from denying citizens ...
Section 1. 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 ...
Donald Trump’s executive order purporting to end birthright citizenship is an attempt to reverse one outcome of the Civil War ...
We need a Voting Rights Act for the 21st century, one that goes beyond the anti-discrimination focus of the 15th Amendment and fulfills the broader promise of equal citizenship promised by the ...
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 ...
President Donald Trump is seeking to end birthright citizenship, a constitutional right enshrined by the 14th Amendment. We asked two experts in constitutional and immigration law to walk us through ...
An illustration of Black people in line to ... The writers of the Fifteenth Amendment produced three different versions of the document. The first of these prohibited states from denying citizens ...