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In 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation came out. It was wrote by Abraham Lincoln and it had freed all the slaves.
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The Civil Rights Act gave slaves citizenship and later on voting rights.
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January of 1869 black Americans held a convention that was later on called the National Convention of Colored Men. These convention members pushed for two things, the suffrage or voting for black Americans. The other was for education of people who were once slaves.
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February 25th and 26th, both parts of Congress had approved the amendment proposal. It was sent off to the states by William Henry Seward who was the Secretary of State.
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March of 1869, Nevada was the first state to ratify the amendment. They ratified this after their Senator, William Stewart, said it would not prohibit the Chinese and Irish from voting too.
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On March 3rd it was approved by West Virginia, and then on March 5th it was ratified by three states, Illinois, North Carolina, and Louisiana. It was then approved by Michigan, soon to be ratified by Wisconsin on March 9th. Last state was Pennslyvania on March 25th
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A bill that was passed by Congress that said the 15th amendment must be ratified by three certain states
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New York ratifys it but later on the next year they revoke it.
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Indiana and Connecticut both approve the amendment
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Both Virginia and Vermont approve the amendment in October.
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The 15th amendment was officially ratified. It says that the Federal and State Governments can't deny a male citizen to voted based on their race.
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President Grant tells America during a press conference that the amendment is now an official part of the Constitution
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There seemed to be very little effect for years after the amendment was ratified. Particularly in the South. The grandfather clause and poll tax had kept many blacks from voting
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This act was signed in by President Lyndon B. Johnson. It was aimed to overpower all legal barriers by state and local lvels that denied African Americans the right to vote
