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A 25-year extension of the VRA is signed by President Ronald Reagan. [30] 1983. Texas repeals the lifelong prohibition against voters with felony convictions and institutes a five year waiting period after completing a sentence to vote. [62] 1985. Texas changes the five year waiting period to two years for people with felony convictions. [62] 1986
"Silent Sentinels" begin a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-year campaign in front of the White House (1917). When World War I started in 1914, women in eight states had already won the right to vote, but support for a federal amendment was still tepid. The war provided a new urgency to the fight for the vote.
Blacks' regaining the power to vote changed the political landscape of the South. When Congress passed the Voting Rights Act, only about 100 African Americans held elective office, all in northern states. By 1989, there were more than 7,200 African Americans in office, including more than 4,800 in the South.
It is still carried on in African-American families today. "African American women, have been political activists for their entire history on the American continent but long denied the right to vote and hold office, have resorted to nontraditional politics." [14] After her arrest in 1970, "[Angela] Davis became a political prisoner.
The Georgia WCTU softened their stance on women's suffrage that year, allowing McLendon to welcome suffragists to their convention. [42] In March 1914, a suffrage rally was held in Atlanta with famous women such as Jane Addams speaking. [43] Also in 1914, the Georgia Association Opposed to Women's Suffrage (GAOWS) was formed in Macon. [44]
Still, the Abolish Slavery National Network – a national coalition fighting to abolish constitutional slavery and involuntary servitude - are urging voters to vote yes in every state. "Back in ...
After the Civil War, the Republican Party was known as the party of President Abraham Lincoln, who signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and effectively ended slavery in 1865.
The first African American to vote in the United States after the passage of the 15th Amendment Thomas Mundy Peterson (October 6, 1824 – February 4, 1904) of Perth Amboy, New Jersey , has been claimed to be the first African American to vote in an election under the just-enacted provisions of the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution .