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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."

Voting Age

"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

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