The 14th Amendment in 1868 gave the feed slaves the right to vote, but after Reconstruction ended, many Southern states imposed several onerous restrictions, effective blocking most African Americans from exercising that right. The Voting Rights Act of 1964 removed those restrictions.
Blacks were finally allowed to vote in 1965. This was over 100 years since the Civil War ended. John F. Kennedy wrote a Civil rights act in 1964 to help the blacks to vote.
The 19th Amendment, which granted ALL women (of the U.S.) the right to vote, was proposed in 1919 but was not ratified until 1920.
February 3, 1870, only black men got the right to vote. It was the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
After the Civil War but they were later stripped of that right until after the 1960's.
After Civil War
February 26, 1869
1954
1965
1917
Because blacks were brought to this country as slaves, and even though the Emancipation Proclamation ended slavery, the Civil Rights movement had to happen before whites and authorities were able to accept them as equals.
They were made so that the democratic party could still stay in power. Because if they (the south) were to allow the blacks to vote, they would most assuredly vote for the republicans. It was not only about keeping blacks down, but also a way for democrats to have the power.
They could not vote if their grandfather had not been allowed to vote.
Despite the nation's growing democratic spirit, a great many Americans did not have the right to vote. They included women, Native Americans, and the vast majority of African Americans. Slaves had no political rights at all. Most northern states had allowed free African American men to vote. In the 1820s, many of these states took away that right. By 1830, only a few New England states permitted African American men to vote on equal terms with white men. In New York, African American men had to own property in order to vote, but white men didn't.
A male of 18 years old. No slaves or immigrants were allowed to vote.
They couldn't vote if their grandfather hadn't voted.
women, anyone poor, and of course children
14- Granted blacks citizenship 15- Allowed blacks to vote
blacks not to vote in democratic primaries
1965
North Carolina
hawaii
the majority of blacks vote democrat the majority of whites vote republican hispanics are not as clean cut as blacks but the majority vote democrat
The new constitution of Costa Rica passed in 1949 giving women and blacks the right to vote.
giving blacks the right ot vote
I believe it was blacks.
laws were made so that blacks and whites could come together and go to the same school and could do things togetherb