The 15th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America IV. ... The next significant change came with the ratification of the 15th Amendment on February 3, 1870. The 15th Amendment provided the right for all male citizens of the United States to vote. The 15th Amendment, section 1 states: "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." The 15th Amendment is what finally gave black males a "voice" in government and inspired many to see...

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Then an Amendment was passed which made slavery officially illegal, but not until 1865. ... The 15th Amendment was passed in 1870 to the Constitution. ... This little woman inspired many people and she quickly became a symbol of the civil rights movement. It was around the time that Martin Luther King Jr. became a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. ... In the United States, the most outstanding theoretician and practitioner of Civil Disobedience was Civil Rights leader Dr. ...

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As the century progressed more and more colleges began to accept women, therefore enabling women to become educated and obtain resources that would make them leaders, writers, poets, and so on. ... In 1870 the 15th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified. ... This angered many women some felt discouraged while others felt even more inspired to put their all forward for the cause. ... On May 21, 1919 the House of Representatives passed the Federal Woman Suffrage Amendment; originally the 16th Amendment, but now the 19th. ... Finally on March 22, 1974 the passage of the Equal Rights Amend...

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