Even after the 15th Amendment many African Americans were kept from voting by intimidation. Whites used violence and fear of threats to control African Americans from new freedoms. Most African Americans were uneducated requiring honest assistance from people which left them victims sometimes to people who intended to control them.
the fifteenth amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in 1865, but more work was needed to ensure that African American citizens had equal rights. The passage of the Fifteenth Amendment gave African American men the right to vote, although the law was not upheld in all states.
Male voting rights
Fifteenth Amendment
voting rights of former slaves. Black men
19th amendment
The 14th Amendment outlawed slavery and granted civil rights and liberties to African-Americans. The 15th Amendment prohibited the government from denying a citizen the right to vote based on race.
the fifteenth amendment
The Fifteenth Amendment eliminated race as a restriction on voting.
The fifteenth amendment is about voting. It prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote.
It protected the voting rights of black men.
fifteenth amendment