15th Amendment to the Constitution
15th Amendment
Voting can not be denied on account of-
- Race
- Color
- previous condition of servitude
Northerners faught the south in Civil War
Wanted to free slaves and give every man the right to vote
North won civil war and Amendment was passed and slaves were freed
Discrimination Continued!
Signs like this were posted everywere
Whites still deemed supreme over blacks
Whites would not integrate with blacks
White facilities were much better than black
Jim Crow Laws undermine 15th Amendment
Mandated segregation in the south
Started in 1890
"Seperate but Equal"
People faught for there right of equality
Discrimnation would continue for nearly another 100 years