when did blacks the right to vote
Black Americans got the right to vote when the Republicans passed the 15th Amendment. It was ratified on February 3, 1870 and was the 3rd of the Reconstruction amendments. Many uninformed people think the Voting Rights Act of 1965, that was filibustered by the Democrats, gave blacks the right to vote.It didn't.It merely enforces already existing rights in a handful of southern states.mendment XV did give black people the right to vote in 1870, and some used it right away, electing state and federal senators and representatives.