The American Civil War ended in the late spring of 1865 with a decisive Union military victory. Despite being defeated ...

Though the amendment was part of an effort to set the US on a more equitable path in the post-Civil War era ... moved to protect the rights enshrined in the 15th Amendment with the passage ...

The 1875 law was declared unconstitutional. But the Civil rights Law of 1866, and of course the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, remain in the Constitution. They're "sleeping giants," somebody ...

More than 150 years after Susan B. Anthony was arrested for voting despite being a woman, Americans take to the polls on the ...

Federal civil rights enforcement policy in the 1950s and 1960s was principally based on the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. In 1968, however, the Supreme Court approved a dramatic expansion ...

At a time of chattel slavery when Black men were auctioned like cattle and only white men could vote, there were enough of ...

Congress had enacted the Civil Rights Act of 1866 largely ... However, the very passage of the Fifteenth Amendment indicates that voting rights were insufficiently protected by the Fourteenth ...

It’s one vote, so it’s natural to be deeply invested. At its core, that’s the dynamic that has been playing out during the ...

The 89-year-old is taking her Alabama poll tax exempt certificate from 1960 to voting rallies and telling young voters why ...

The Ohio Civil Rights Commission honored 12 exceptional individuals at its 15th Civil Rights Hall of Fame ceremony on ...

On an otherwise dismal night for LGBTQ rights at the top of the ballot, New York State residents approved the Equal Rights ...