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jan 1, 1869 - Fifteenth Amendment

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This Act prohibited voting discrimination based on race. However, from the 1870s onward, southern states found many ways to get around this Act and limit the ways in which African Americans can vote.

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jan 1, 1869
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~ 157 years ago