This Day in Black History

 

This Day in Black History: Feb. 3, 1956

Autherine Lucy is the first African-American student to enroll in classes at the University of Alabama, but her acceptance would be revoked amid increased racial tensions at the school. Also, the 15th amendment is ratified.

Also, on this day in 1870, Congress ratified the 15th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The measure gave African-American men the right to vote by declaring that 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." However, discrimination through the use of poll taxes, literacy tests and other restrictions would continue to disenfranchise African-American voters for almost a century.    

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