Republicans' answer to the problem of the black vote was to add a Constitutional amendment that guaranteed black suffrage in ...

HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - Over 155 years ago on Feb. 3, 1870, the 15th Amendment was ratified, giving Black men the right to vote. The amendment was short in length — there are only 34 words in its ...

WASHINGTON (WCSC) — Congress ratified the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1870, a move that gave Black men the right to vote. The amendment declared that the right to vote could not be ...

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Flags, food, and fireworks marked Fourth of July celebrations across Louisville on Saturday as the city observed the nation’s 250th anniversary. Louisville Fourth of July organizers at Waterfront Park ...

Fourth of July festivities will soon kick off at Cross Lake as they celebrate America and their 100-year anniversary.

18th President Ulysses S. Grant re-admitted Virginia to the United States at the stroke of a pen. It followed the ratification of the 14th and 15th amendments to the United States Constitution. Gray ...

VIDEO: Mount Pleasant to host 5th Annual Taste of Sweetgrass Gala July 24 ...