Voting Rights
Religious Freedom and Civil War
Proclamation - Publishing a Treaty of Peace and Friendship Between the United States and the Creek Nation of Indians
15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Voting Rights (1870)
race: African AMericans
Right to vote
The First Vote (1867)
By: A.R Waud
"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 sex. "
Demonstration in McComb Mississippi (1962)
women's suffrage
"...women ought to
have representation in government."
"politics was a realm for men"
"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 sex."
"...other women took part in
political discussions,
read newspapers...
even though outside
New Jersey none could vote."
"Yes 18" button from the late 1960s/early 1970s worn by many young people who protested U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
Photo Credit: Smithsonian National Museum of American History
"1. The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age."
"2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."
The Voting Right Act of 1965
(cc) photo by jimmyharris on Flickr
(Reprint; New York : Dover Publications, Inc. 1959)
(cc) photo by Metro Centric on Flickr
Voting rights act. Aug. 5 1965
Amendment XV (1919)
"A Million New Negro Voters?." US News and World reports 18 Aug 1965. 1. Print. <http://www.google.com/imgres?q=a million new negro voters&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&qscrl=1&biw=1104&bih=632&tbm=isch&tbnid=fSBoFfLEOKLeUM:&imgrefurl=http://www.bsos.umd.edu/aasp/chateauvert/aasp411.html&docid=FxZSNH8LVWFuSM&imgurl=http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/odyssey/archive/09/0920001r.jpg&w=530&h=750&ei=sKWkTsWcEqHm0QGV_Pz2Aw&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=214&sig=103326060290583318735&page=1&tbnh=126&tbnw=89&start=0&ndsp=16&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0&tx=9&ty=66>.
"AMENDMENT XXVI"
"The struggle for voting rights." Photograph. E. Jr. Erle. Mississippi: Johnston Papers, 1962. Web. 23 Oct 2011. <http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nchist-postwar/6031>.
1971
(1790)
"The First Vote." Photograph. A.R Waud. Library of Congress, Web. 22 Oct 2011. <http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/00651117/resource/cph.3a52371/?sid=b34726589216580c0fe02d3156280a4f>.
1970
March 23rd, 1971