Kirsten Gillibrand @SenGillibrand
The 15th Amendment was ratified on this day in 1870, but it would take nearly 100 years for abolitionists, suffragists, and civil rights activists to tear down the barriers that kept Black men and women from voting. Now it's on us to protect the right they risked their lives for. https://t.co/Fx3pmt4LT7 — PolitiTweet.org