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The women’s movement grows out of abolition, and yet with the 15th Amendment, which is a huge breakthrough for civil rights — establishing that voting will not be denied on the basis of race — you ...

Hans von Spakovsky was an authority on a wide range of issues for Heritage—including civil rights, civil justice, the First Amendment, immigration. Race-based drawing of political boundary lines ...

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.” ...

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