140 years ago today, on February 3, 1870, the United States passed the 15th Amendment to the Constitution, giving blacks the vote.
The catch was that the amendment did not protect black voters against discrimination. Some states used poll taxes and literacy tests to keep them away. It wasn’t until the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that blacks were able to freely vote.
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Until 1967, numerous states had laws that barred whites from marrying nonwhite. The unions remained taboo for many even after the U.S. Supreme Court knocked down the statutes, until the millennials came alone.
A recent study by the Pew Research Center found that almost all Americans ages 18-29 years old accept interracial dating and marriage. This is in sharp contrast to older generations, especially Americans ages 50 or older, who are significantly more likely to be opposed to the mixing of races and ethnic groups.
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