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Index: Voting Rights
Feb 3,
1870
Fifteenth Amendment, Guaranteeing Right to Vote, is Ratified
Jan 11,
1885
Alice Paul, Suffragist Leader, Equal Rights Advocate, is Born
Dec 8,
1913
President Wilson Declines to Endorse Women’s Suffrage
Oct 23,
1915
33,000 March in New York City Suffrage Parade
Dec 5,
1916
Suffragists Protest at President Wilson’s Annual Message to Congress
Jan 10,
1917
Alice Paul Begins Picketing White House Again for Women’s Suffrage
Oct 20,
1917
Suffragist Alice Paul Arrested For Picketing White House
Jan 9,
1918
President Wilson Finally Supports Women’s Right to Vote
Nov 5,
1918
“As Natural as Breathing” – Women Vote for First Time in a New York Election
Feb 9,
1919
Suffragists Burn Effigy of President Wilson in Front of White House
Aug 18,
1920
Women Get the Vote – 19th Amendment Ratified
Feb 27,
1922
Supreme Court Upholds 19th Amendment Granting Women the Right to Vote
Oct 17,
1924
Democrats Accuse Republicans of Coercing Votes of Federal Employees
Mar 7,
1927
Texas White Primary Held Unconstitutional (For a While, Anyway)
Dec 6,
1937
Supreme Court Declares Poll Tax Constitutional
May 17,
1957
“Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom:” 1957 Civil Rights March on Washington
Nov 14,
1960
Tuskegee, Alabama,Voting District Violates the 15th Amendment
Mar 29,
1961
23rd Amendment Ratified, District of Columbia Residents Get to Vote in Presidential Elections
Jul 1,
1961
New York Civil Liberties Union Fights NY “English Only” Voting Requirement
Nov 17,
1961
Albany, Georgia, Civil Rights Campaign Begins – Kennedy Administration Fails to Support
Jun 9,
1963
Fannie Lou Hamer, Civil Rights Activist, Savagely Beaten in Mississippi Jail
Jun 15,
1964
Supreme Court Establishes “One Man, One Vote” Rule
Nov 3,
1964
First Washington, D.C., Vote for President
Jan 15,
1965
LBJ Calls Martin Luther King – Plan Voting Rights Strategy
Mar 7,
1965
“Bloody Sunday” in Selma, Alabama: John Lewis, Other Marchers Beaten and Tear Gassed
Mar 15,
1965
“We . . . Shall . . . Overcome:” LBJ Gives Historic Voting Rights Speech
Mar 16,
1965
LBJ Sends Federal Troops to Guard Selma Voting Rights March
Mar 21,
1965
Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights March Begins Again
Apr 27,
1965
SCOPE Voter Registration Drive Launched
Aug 6,
1965
LBJ Signs Historic Voting Rights Act
Mar 24,
1966
All Poll Taxes Declared Unconstitutional
Jul 5,
1971
18-Year-Olds Finally Get the Right to Vote
Feb 13,
1982
ACLU Report: Voting Discrimination Continues in South
Jun 25,
2013
Supreme Court Guts Voting Rights Act: “Shelby County v. Holder”
Dec 31,
2014
Acclaimed Film “Selma” Provokes Controversy over President Johnson, Other Issues
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