The Fifteenth Amendment was the last of three Reconstruction Amendments. The first two were ratified in 1865 and 1868, respectively. The 15th Amendment was a milestone for civil rights. The amendment ...

An illustration of Black people in line to vote. Harper's Weekly Magazine. At the time of Ulysses S. Grant's election to the presidency in 1868, Americans were struggling to reconstruct a nation torn ...

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“The event to be celebrated is one of the most memorable in the world’s history. It is no light thing to lift into the body politic four million people heretofore as a class, robbed of the products of ...

Feb. 03 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1690, Massachusetts Colony issued the first paper money in America. In 1783, Spain recognized the independence of the United States from Great Britain. In ...

Remember when Indiana Jones nonchalantly chose to hip-shoot his way out of a duel with a threatening swordsman? It was pragmatism over pageantry. Simple versus struggle. Bullet beats blade.

The Appellate Division has deferred the hearing of the appeal challenging the High Court verdict that invalidated several provisions of the 15th Amendment to the Constitution — including the abolition ...

The appeal hearing against the High Court verdict on the 15th Amendment to the Constitution, which addressed 54 issues including the abolition of the caretaker government system, is currently underway ...

Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics education written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The Fifteenth Amendment was ...