The day that African Americans were allowed to vote is an important date. August 6th, 1965, President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, which allowed African Americans the right to vote.
With the addition of the fifteenth amendment in 1870. That was almost 50 years before women were allowed to vote!
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 expanded voting rights to blacks by prohibiting use of literacy tests and other forms of discriminatory qualificationshttp://answers.encyclopedia.com/question/did-voting-rights-act-1965-do-499915.htmlWhat_did_the_Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965_do
A) It succeeded, because it allowed more citizens to vote.
no they were not allowed to vote - chey
Yes they are allowed to vote
Yes they were allowed to vote the atheain women were not allowed to vote.
Blacks were given the right to vote in 1870, but women were not given the right to vote until 1920. So 1920 is the first time a black woman would have been allowed to voteYou make it sound just black women werent allowed to vote until 1920, not entirely correct; ALL WOMEN of every race were NOT allowed to vote until 1920 thanks to the Suffragettes.(2x+1)+(3x-5)+4
The 19th amendment allowed them to vote
The piece of legislation that granted African Americans the right to vote was the Voting Rights Act of 1965. President Lydon B. Johnson signed this act into law on August 6, 1965.
You have to be 18+ to vote!!!!
No women were allowed to "vote" in the Roman Empire