The 15th Amendment was written to stop governments from picking winners and losers based on skin color. In Louisiana, that is ...

America's history is rich in both the violation and vitalization of our First Amendment.  From the movements that shaped the ...

Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics education written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The Fifteenth Amendment was ...

California voters have approved Proposition 50, allowing the Democratic-led Legislature to replace independent redistricting maps, likely adding up to five U.S. House seats. Attorney Mike Columbo of ...

An illustration of Black people in line to vote. Harper's Weekly Magazine. At the time of Ulysses S. Grant's election to the presidency in 1868, Americans were struggling to reconstruct a nation torn ...

NAACP Legal Defense Fund President Janai Nelson and Louisiana officials have argued before the Supreme Court over whether ...

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At center, a depiction of a parade in celebration of the passing of the 15th Amendment. Framing it are portraits and vignettes illustrating the rights granted by the 15th Amendment: "We till our own ...

When the Civil War ended in 1865, the 76-year-old Constitution needed an upgrading and those leading the country did indeed dramatically transform it with the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th ...

The Fifteenth Amendment was the last of three Reconstruction Amendments. The first two were ratified in 1865 and 1868, respectively. The 15th Amendment was a milestone for civil rights. The amendment ...