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At the end of the civil war they were given the right, but Jim Crow laws prevented it until the voting rights act stated that no person shall be denied the right to vote. Today there is a movement on the change that and new measures are being instituted by states to curb voting of certain groups of people. This is taking the right to vote by all back 60 or more years and is against the rights of all.

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Of the 13 states which was the first to grant the right to vote to some women and African Americans?

None. By 1965 voting rights laws the 50 states gave African Americans voting rights.


How African Americans women gained the right to vote?

The civil rights laws and voting rights laws gave African Americans the voting rights in 1965. This was a hundred years after the civil war amendments and 45 years after women got the rights to vote.


When did African American gain true voting rights in America?

The 15th amendment in 1870 gave then voting rights, although poll taxes, literacy tests, and the grandfather clause(says u can't vote if your grandfather was a slave) prevented most blacks in the south from voting for many years after.


What African Americans were guaranteed the right to bit by the?

The question seems to be incomplete, but if you are referring to the legal rights guaranteed to African Americans, the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1870, granted African American men the right to vote. This amendment aimed to ensure that citizens could not be denied the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude. However, various discriminatory practices and laws continued to disenfranchise many African Americans until the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which aimed to eliminate barriers to voting.


What action did congress take to support southern African Ameicans?

In the 1960s, Congress took significant actions to support Southern African Americans, most notably through the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Civil Rights Act aimed to eliminate segregation in public places and discrimination in employment, while the Voting Rights Act sought to remove barriers that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote. These legislative measures were crucial in advancing civil rights and promoting equality for Southern African Americans.

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Of the 13 states which was the first to grant the right to vote to some women and African Americans?

None. By 1965 voting rights laws the 50 states gave African Americans voting rights.


What did the voting rights act of 1968 banned discrimination in which activity?

voting. this act gave African Americans the right to vote


Who benefited on the voting rights act of 1965?

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was a major step forward in Civil Right for African-American. Although the won the right to vote with the 14th Amendment, the VRA helped end racial discrimination in voting.


Guaranteed the right to vote to African-Americans?

the 15 amendment


Which piece of legislation granted African Americans the legal right to vote A. the 15th Amendment B. the Voting Rights Act C. the 19th Amendment D. the Indian Citizenship Act?

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 granted African Americans the legal right to vote.


How African Americans women gained the right to vote?

The civil rights laws and voting rights laws gave African Americans the voting rights in 1965. This was a hundred years after the civil war amendments and 45 years after women got the rights to vote.


What did the voting rights act do?

it let the African Americans the right to vote


How were the voting rights of African Americans taken aways?

Their right to vote was systematically taken away by white supremacist state governments.


African Americans voting?

When the 15th amendment was ratified, it gave African Americans men the legal right to vote as a United States citizen. The southern states fought against allow the men to vote until the Voting Rights Act was put into place.


What does the fifteenth amendment mean by extended voting rights to African Americans by outlawing denial of the right to vote on the basis of race color or previous servitude?

It means giving voting rights by making denial of the right to vote based on race illegal.


Which amendment gave American women the right to vote?

The civil rights laws and voting rights laws gave African Americans the voting rights in 1965. This was a hundred years after the civil war amendments and 45 years after women got the rights to vote.


When did African American gain true voting rights in America?

The 15th amendment in 1870 gave then voting rights, although poll taxes, literacy tests, and the grandfather clause(says u can't vote if your grandfather was a slave) prevented most blacks in the south from voting for many years after.