Fifteenth Amendment Lithograph

ID: 720 | This file appears in: Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Indianapolis)
The 15th Amendment to the US Constitution granted African American men the right to vote throughout the country. In Indiana, state legislature banned blacks from voting in 1851. Bethel AME, like many other African American groups, fought back against their disenfranchisement. The 15th Amendment repeal Indiana's voting law.
Image Courtesy of Indiana Historical Society | Creator: James W. Beard | Date: 1870 | Source: Jack Smith Lincoln Graphics Collection, Indiana Historical Society
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Creator

James W. Beard

Source

Jack Smith Lincoln Graphics Collection, Indiana Historical Society

Date

1870
"Fifteenth Amendment Lithograph" appears in: Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Indianapolis)