jan 11, 1870 - 15th Amendment in act
Description:
The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude". It was ratified on February 3, 1870, as the third and last of the Reconstruction AmendmentsAdded to timeline:
Date:
jan 11, 1870
Now
~ 155 years ago