apr 29, 1865 - Many amendments around
1965 helped African
Americans vote. The 13th
amendment, neither slavery
nor involuntary servitude,
except as a punishment for
crime whereof the party shall
have been duly convicted, shall
exist within the United States,
or any place subject to their
jurisdiction, the 15th amendment,
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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