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Decisive Federal Action Once Again Required To Protect Voting Rights

The anniversary of the 15th Amendment is a good time to recommit to protecting democracy and ensuring ballot access for all.

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Frederick Douglass described his early life in an address titled, “My Slave Experience in Maryland, in a speech delivered in New York City on May 6, 1845. The speech, which was reprinted in the National Antislavery Standard on May 22, 1845, appears below. Douglass had just completed his first

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National Equal Rights League (1864–1921)

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Thousands Seek to Remove Lincoln Park Emancipation Memorial | Afro

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