Slaves were never allowed to vote. Male African-Americans or persons of color were given the right to vote in 1870.
The 15th amendment gave black males the right to vote. Congress passed this amendment on February 26, 1869 and it was ratified on February 3, 1870.
The 15th amendment was ratified on February 3, 1870. This amendment did not fully guarantee the African-Americans to vote until the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
No amendment guarantees the right to vote. There are three that say who cannot be "denied" the right to vote, by reason of race, or gender, or age.The 15th amendment : men cannot be denied the right because of their raceThe 19th amendment : women cannot be denied the vote because of gender.The 26th amendment : those citizens 18 years of age cannot be denied the vote because of their age.
1870 - 15th amendment gave black men the right to vote, but in practice it didn't happen. Loopholes in the amendment allowed whites to prevent blacks from voting. 1919 - Women got the right to vote. 1975 - The Voting Rights Act finally gives black men the real right to vote.
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African American Males
Yes. Black male former slaves received the right to vote in 1870. Women fought for the same right until it was granted in 1920. but when did the blacks actually vote
The right to vote.
Fifteenth Amendment (ratified 1870)Former slaves received the right to vote, as well as any other racial, ethnic, or religious groups that had been denied it. Note that the universal right of WOMEN to vote was not guaranteed until 19th Amendment some 50 years later, in 1920.
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February 3, 1870, only black men got the right to vote. It was the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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in 1870 black African American slaves was able to vote
African-American men received the right to vote in 1870, as a result of the 15th Amendment to the constitution. But women (both black and white) did not receive the right to vote until the 19th amendment was finally ratified in August 1920.
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