2020 marks the 150th anniversary of the passage of the
15th Amendment, which extended voting rights to all American men "regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
Today, we are looking at the history of voter suppression and how people of color were systemically kept from the ballot box and the challenges they had to overcome to exercise their right to vote, far after the 15th Amendment was ratified. This will provide much-needed context for tomorrow's challenge where we will be showing how voter suppression has changed over time and how it is disenfranchising marginalized communities today.
