Unveiling Equality: the 15th Amendment and the Ongoing Struggle for Universal Suffrage in America
Words: 496 2345The 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution emerges as a phoenix from the ashes of a tumultuous era, breathing life into the promise of equality and reshaping the contours of American democracy. Fashioned in the crucible of post-Civil War reconstruction, this constitutional gem, ratified in 1870, aimed to banish the sinister specter of racial discrimination that had shadowed the nation's voting landscape. In the wake of the Civil War, as the nation sought to heal its wounds, the 15th […]