Tuesday, May 17, 2011

15th Amendment- Deborah-Oliver A.

http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/15thamendment.html

This is a picture called "The First Vote". It is showing the first vote placed by a black man. It was ratified on February 3rd of 1870. Blacks fought for a long time to get the right to vote and they finally got to by the 15th Amendment.

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