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

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"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."

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"All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."

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John Brown, man who sparked the Civil War, raided Harpers Ferry

Abraham Lincoln, President of US, Assassinated

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Democrats (The South)

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Slavery is abolished everywhere and shall not exist.

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The 13th Amendment Explained: The Constitution for Dummies

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"In Dred Scott v. Sandford, the Supreme Court stated that Congress did not have the power to tell territories whether or not they could keep slaves. As a result of the ruling, those who supported the use of slaves began rebelling against the 13th amendment, which contributed to the onset of the Civil War." - Reference.com

Jones v. Alfred H. Meyer & Co, a man named Joseph Jones was unable to purchase a home because he was black.

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Former slaves

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Andrew Johnson,President after Lincoln

Former Democrats

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State can't take away rights, property, and liberty towards African-Americans/ former slaves and are now equally protected as United States citizens.

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Educational Videos for Students (Cartoons on Bullying, Leadership & More)

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What is the 14th Amendment? (U.S. Government) The 14th Amendment & Black History

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Radical Republicans

Congress

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Georgia

Democrats

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Any citizen of the United States are allowed to vote, and cannot be denied on account of race, color,status.

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The 15th Amendment Explained: The Constitution for Dummies Series

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African- Americans were denied the protections after the Civil War and even after the amendments were passed because of discrimination of former democrats.

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"Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka the court decided that “separate educational facilities are inherently unequal,” and violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. The ruling overturned Plessy and forced desegregation." - usnews.com

"In Roe, the court said Americans had a “right to privacy,” pulling text from the Constitution’s First, Fourth, Ninth and, yes, 14th amendments. Jane Roe’s right to privacy was violated by the Texas statute that banned abortions except to save the life of the mother." - usnews.com

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African-Americans after the civil war had gone through many accounts of discrimination, inequality, and etc.. They are still going through oppression til' this day.

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United States v. Reese, was a voting rights case in which the United States Supreme Court narrowly construed the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution

"In 1915, in the case of Guinn v. United States, the Supreme Court declared the grandfather clauses in the Maryland and Oklahoma constitutions to be repugnant to the Fifteenth Amendment and therefore null and void." - wikipedia.com

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During Reconstruction, The 15th Amendment had passed and allowed African-Americans to vote, but since the Black Codes had restricted them to, they still were going through suffrage.