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 ...

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“The event to be celebrated is one of the most memorable in the world’s history. It is no light thing to lift into the body politic four million people heretofore as a class, robbed of the products of ...

Liberty Amendments Month 2024 begins on June 15, highlighting history, citizenship rights and culture as they relate to the 13th, 14th, 15th and 19th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. These ...

A letter in The Roanoke Times Saturday, July 18 edition stated, “It seems to me that the Republican Party has either not read or has completely ignored the 15th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.” ...

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 ...