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The 15th Amendment gave African American men the right to vote. But within 10 years, former Confederates regained control of southern state governments & used restrictive voter qualifications to keep them from the polls. Learn more in #AmericanDemocracy now @VirginiaMuseum.
The 15th Amendment gave African American men the right to vote. But within 10 years, former Confederates regained control of southern state governments & used restrictive voter qualifications to keep them from the polls. Learn more in #AmericanDemocracy now @ATLHistCenter.
The 15th Amendment gave African American men the right to vote. But within 10 years, former Confederates regained control of southern state governments & used restrictive voter qualifications to keep them from the polls. Learn more in #AmericanDemocracy: https://t.co/mpl6KLSpYU
#OTD in 1870 the 15th Amend. was ratified. It gave black men the right to vote. But within 10 years, former Confederates regained control of southern state governments & used restrictive voter qualifications to keep them from the polls. #AmericanDemocracy is now @GsoHistryMuseum
Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination in Memphis, TN, on April 4, 1968 transformed him into an icon of the struggle for equality. Four days later, Congressman John Conyers introduced a bill to establish a federal holiday in his honor. #AmericanDemocracy is @GsoHistryMuseum.
Today in 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his awe-inspiring “I Have a Dream” speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool at the March on Washington. Learn more about the Civil Rights Movement in #AmericanDemocracy now on view @visitgettysburg
The 15th Amend. gave African American men voting rights. But within 10 years, former Confederates regained control of Southern state governments & used restrictive voter qualifications to keep them from the polls. Learn more in #AmericanDemocracy coming to @visitgettysburg 7/20.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination in Memphis, TN on April 4, 1968 transformed him into an icon of the struggle for equality for all. Four days after the assassination, Congressman John Conyers introduced a bill to establish a federal holiday in his honor. #AmericanDemocracy
The 15th Amendment gave African American men the right to vote. But within 10 years, former Confederates regained control of southern state governments & used restrictive voter qualifications to keep them from the polls. Learn more in #AmericanDemocracy now @TheDurhamMuseum.