15th Amendment - February 3
Extending Voting Rights Learning
Tuesday, February 3, 2026
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Black History Month Resource of the Day: Ida B. Wells
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Today's Theme: 15th Amendment
ON THIS DATE
- 1870 - The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
- 1913 - The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to collect an income tax.
- 1917 - The US breaks off diplomatic relations with Germany after it announces a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare.
- 1959 - Rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson are killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa in what became known as .'The Day the Music Died."
- 1809 - German composer and pianist Felix Mendelssohn
- 1811 - Journalist Horace Greeley
- 1821 - Physician Elizabeth Blackwell
- 1874 - Writer Gertrude Stein
- 1894 - Artist Norman Rockwell
- 1898 - Finnish architect Alvar Aalto
- 1907 - Novelist James Michener
- 1952 - Red Sox center fielder Fred Lynn
- 1956 - Actor Nathan Lane
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Peggy Sue - LISTEN Ritchie Valens - La Bamba - LISTEN Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace - LISTEN Felix Mendelssohn - Wedding March - LISTEN
- Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Carrie Chapman Catt - The 15th Amendment Challenges the Women’s Movement (2:28) - VIEW AND DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - National Archives - 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Voting Rights (1870) and Resource Materials - READ and DO
- Grades 6-12 - National Archives - Our Documents - 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Voting Rights (1870) - READ and VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - American Experience - Passage of the Fifteenth Amendment - READ
- Grades 7-12 - National Park Service - Suffrage in America: The 15th and 19th Amendments - READ
- Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Reconstruction: The 15th Amendment and African American Men in Congress (7:05) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Antiques Roadshow - Appraisal: 1870 Fifteenth Amendment Celebration Print (0:57) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - Library of Congress - 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Primary Documents in American History - READ
- Grades 7-12 - Library of Congress - Voting Rights for African Americans Lesson Plan - READ and DO
- Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia -The Reconstruction Amendments Interactive Lesson (1:26) - VIEW, READ, DO
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