Amendment 15

Section 1.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.

Section 2.The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Section 1 of amendment 15 gives all males (black and white) the right to vote. One of the most interesting things about this is, while they didn't even consider black people to count as one whole person at one point, they didn't even think that rights for women would be an important add in at this moment? Now, I'm not trying to be bitter, and if I am coming off that way I apologize, but thinking that women shouldn't have to think about politics, or are not smart enough to is still offensive today. I am blessed that I live in a country at a time when all my rights were already fought for, but keeping it known that this was not so long ago, will keep us fighting for the rights they have already promised us. Section 2 simply states that congress has the power to enforce this law. 

This quick video has some interesting facts about what was happening in the South with black men who were not only voting but they were also elected to office. 

This image portrays an interesting view. Most white people are ignorant of what African Americans had to go through, and they just don't think about it. The other interesting thing is that women had to wait even longer...