15th Amendment Thesis Statement

I. Introduction The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified on February 3, 1870 and granted African American men the right to vote by declaring 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." (U. S. Const. amend. XV). The Thirteenth Amendment emancipated million of enslaved black people, full citizenship was guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment and the Fifteenth Amendment prohibited the federal and state governments from denying a person's race, color or previous condition of servitude the right to vote. When the Fifteenth Amendment was established, women had not established the right …show more content…
The 1964 Civil Rights Act was written by the Republican party and provided the majority of votes needed to pass the bill through the Senate. Although LBJ signed a weaker and more critically challenged 1964 Civil Rights Act, he fought against the 1957 Civil Rights Act while serving as the Senate Democratic Majority Whip, under the Eisenhower administration. For the last fifty years, African-Americans have formed a political alliance and overwhelming support the Democratic party.
II. Support of Thesis Statement My thesis statement is "African-Americans fled the Republican party and became devoted to the Democratic party because Presidential Republican candidate Barry Goldwater opposed the passing of the 1965 Civil Rights Act" and my research will defend this argument. My research will briefly explore how African-Americans were already disenfranchised from Lincoln's Republican party before the start of the 1930s Great Depression. Followed by Franklin D. Roosevelt Roosevelt (FDR) concerted efforts and how he ushered African-Americans into mainstream America by including them in the New Deal Reforms. Finally, I will defend my thesis by illustrating that African-Americans overwhelmingly support the Democratic party because Barry