"In some ways, the 14th Amendment is the original articulation that Black lives matter," says civil rights attorney Damon ...

Reading and studying the Constitution are time well spent. Let us all learn more about our Founding Fathers and their ...

After an investigation into California’s legal protection of biological males who identify as female competing in the same ...

Watch experts explain the Reconstruction Amendments (Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendment), created to establish equality for black Americans.

Incorrect and incomplete lists have been published of the States which have acted upon the proposed Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution.

On this day in history, Feb. 3, 1870, the 15th Amendment was ratified, declaring that all citizens had voting rights and could not be denied based on "race, color or previous condition of servitude." ...

The 15th Amendment started the long journey toward expanding voting rights | Opinion One hundred years later, the Voting Rights Act and subsequent legislation vastly improved voter turnout and ...

“The Fifteenth Amendment gave citizens the right to vote, no matter their race, color, or previous condition of servitude. Ratified in 1870, it was the last of the three Reconstruction ...

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 ...

Baltimore celebrated 15th Amendment; Suffrage: In 1870, Congress gave freed slaves the right to vote. This city’s celebration was one of the nation’s largest.

The extremists of both parties in Georgia oppose the ratification of the pending constitutional amendment for reasons which prove its expediency and justice.