jan 1, 1870 - 15th Ammendment
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The Fifteenth Amendment is ratified by the states. It forbids any state to deprive a citizen of his vote because of race or color. The first African American elected to US Senate, Hiram R. Revels, takes his seat. Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina takes his set in the US House of Representatives, he is the first African American to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
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