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The 15th Amendment was ratified OTD in 1870, promising Black men the right to vote.
After Reconstruction, states across the south used poll taxes, literacy tests and violence to keep them from doing so.
It would take 95 years for the Voting Rights Act to enforce this promise. #BHM2025
After Reconstruction, states across the south used poll taxes, literacy tests and violence to keep them from doing so.
It would take 95 years for the Voting Rights Act to enforce this promise. #BHM2025
February 4, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The 15th Amendment was ratified OTD in 1870, promising Black men the right to vote.
After Reconstruction, states across the south used poll taxes, literacy tests and violence to keep them from doing so.
It would take 95 years for the Voting Rights Act to enforce this promise. #BHM2025
After Reconstruction, states across the south used poll taxes, literacy tests and violence to keep them from doing so.
It would take 95 years for the Voting Rights Act to enforce this promise. #BHM2025
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