On This Day: 15th Amendment ratified
On Feb. 3, 1870, the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. It decreed that the right to vote shall not be denied on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude.
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An 1870 print celebrating the passage of the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. On February 3, 1870, the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. It decreed that the right to vote shall not be denied on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude. File Photo by Thomas Kelly/Library of Congress
The Space Shuttle Discovery is seen prior to a transfer ceremony at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va., on April 19, 2012. On February 3, 1994, Discovery blasted off into space with the first Russian cosmonaut aboard a U.S. spacecraft. File Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo