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1869 - Ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment

The U.S. Congress passed the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which guaranteed that the right to vote could not be denied based on “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” This landmark legislation was a major victory for Black men following the Civil War and marked a critical step in the struggle for civil rights and racial equality in the United States.

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