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More than a half-million black men became voters in the South during the 1870s. These new black voters cast their ballots solidly for the Republican Party, mainly because Abraham Lincoln emancipated them. Once Mississippi rejoined the Union, former slaves made up more than half of that state's population. During the next decade, Mississippi sent two black Senators to Washington and elected a number of African American officials. Although the new black citizens voted freely, whites were still elected to majority of the state and local offices. For the first time, black men and women enjoyed freedom of speech and movement, the right of a fair trial, education for their children, and all the other privileges and protections of American citizenship. But all this changed when Reconstruction ended in 1877 and federal troops withdrew from the old Confederacy. With the federal troops no longer there to protect black citizens, white supremacy quickly returned to the old Confederate states. White supremacy groups such as the Ku Klux Clan caused black voting to fall sharply. In most areas, the Ku Klux Clan threatened violence against blacks who attempted to vote. In addition to white supremacy groups hindering black voting, laws were put into place to make sure blacks would never be able to participate in elections. Because of the Fifteenth Amendment, white officials could not ban blacks from voting. They attempted to get around the amendment by rewriting the state constitution by writting in a number of voter restrictions making it difficult for blacks to register to vote. Although facing discrimination, African Americans found other ways of participation in government. The Civil Rights movement developed in the 1950s. Black people were determined to make known their demands for their rights. They launched voter registration drives in many Southern communities. This sparked a surge of support for the African American fight for equality. Black and white protesters, called Freedom Riders, came from the North to join demonstrations throughout the South. The biggest form of participation came in the form of the Selma march. In Selma, Alabama, a county sheriff clamped down on a voter registration campaign resulting in the arrest of protesting teachers and over 800 children. This sparked the reaction of over 600 black and white protesters. They were met with violence from police officers and state troopers. The entire event was broadcast for all to see. The Selma march pushed the federal government to pass legislation to enforce the right of black citizens to vote. A few days after the violence at Selma, President Lyndon Johnson introduced the Voting Rights Act of 1965 before a joint session of Congress. Johnson declared, "it is not just Negroes, but it's really all of us who must overcome the crippling legacy of bigotry and injustice." The Voting Rights Act of 1965 ended the practices that had denied African Americans the right to vote in Southern states. Registration of black voters in the South jumped from 43 percent in 1964 to 66 percent by the end of the decade. This represented an increase of more than a million new African American voters who could finally claim their right to vote.

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Hi Mrs. Baham.

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Fifteenth Amendment African Americans - voting Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation African Americans can elect officials - ex. Medger Evers Voter Turnout (prior to 1960s) Union troops leave South white supremacy rises mob violence (lynching) threatening from voting clerks verbal abuse state rewrites constitution to hinder black voting literacy test annual poll tax "grandfather clause" Alternate Forms of Participation civil rights movement develops voter registration drives . "Freedom Riders" Selma march Voting Rights Act participation changing civil rights policies Selma march led to Voting Rights Act of 1965

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"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridges by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."

- Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, 1870

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