Voting rights

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The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged... On account of race, color, or previous condition or servitude.

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Fifteenth Amendment Voting rights Civil Rights Amendments

Source

Constitution of the United States

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1870 1870s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

The United States Constitution. Amend. 15, sec. 1.

Current Citation

"The Constitution of the United States." The Constitution of the United States and The Declaration of Independence. Racehorse, 2016, amend. 15, sec. 1.

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged... On account of sex.

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Nineteenth Amendment Voting rights Women's rights Civil Rights Amendments

Source

Constitution of the United States

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1920 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

The United States Constitution. Amend. 19, sec. 1.

Current Citation

"The Constitution of the United States." The Constitution of the United States and The Declaration of Independence. Racehorse, 2016, amend. 19, sec. 1.

The conception of political equality from the Declaration of Independence, to Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, to the Fifteenth, Seventeenth, and Nineteenth Amendments can mean only one thing—one person, one vote.

William O. Douglas

Gray v. Sanders

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Voting rights Equality

Author

William O. Douglas

Source

Gray v. Sanders

Medium

Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Douglas, William O. United States, Supreme Court. Gray v. Sanders. United States Reports, vol. 372, 17 June 1963, pp. 368-372. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/372/368/.

It'll be ballots, or it'll be bullets. It'll be liberty, or it will be death.

Malcolm X

The Ballot or the Bullet

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Voting rights Fighting for freedom

Speaker

Malcolm X

Source

The Ballot or the Bullet

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Malcolm X. "The Ballot or the Bullet." 3 Apr. 1964, Cory Methodist Church, Cleveland, OH, USA.

Current Citation

Malcolm X. "The Ballot or the Bullet." Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements, edited by George Breitman. Grove Press, 1994.

The single most impressive fact about the attempt by American women to obtain the right to vote is how long it took.

Alice Rossi

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Voting rights Women's rights

Author

Alice Rossi

Source

Along the Suffrage Trail

Genre

Feminist literature

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Rossi, Alice S. The Feminist Papers: From Adams to de Beauvoir. Columbia University Press, 1973, pt. 2.

If in other lands it be high treason to compass the death of the king, it shall be counted no less a crime here to strangle our sovereign power and stifle its voice.

James A. Garfield

Inaugural Address of James A. Garfield

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Voting rights

Speaker

James A. Garfield

Source

Inaugural Address of James A. Garfield Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1881 1880s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Garfield, James A. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1881, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

With the nation-wide induction of womanhood into our political life, we may count upon her intuitions, her refinements, her intelligence, and her influence to exalt the social order. We count upon her exercise of the full privileges and the performance of the duties of citizenship to speed the attainment of the highest state.

Warren G. Harding

Inaugural Address of Warren G. Harding

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Women's rights Voting rights

Speaker

Warren G. Harding

Source

Inaugural Address of Warren G. Harding Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1921 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Harding, William G. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1921, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.