post-slavery Archives - Global Black History

In 1790, the new Congress passed a naturalization act, referred to as the Nationality Act of 1790. Congress limited the right to citizenship to “free white persons.” In practice, only white, male property owners could naturalize and acquire the status of citizens,…

Univ. of Michigan to Lead Team Studying Path to Reparations

The Center for Social Solutions at the University of Michigan is leading a group of college and university scholars in an effort to examine possible avenues to provide reparations for African Americans and Indigenous people. Reparations refers to compensation, which may include…

The 15th Amendment and the Black Vote in America

In 1870, one hundred and fifty years ago, Congress ratified the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution allowing African American men to be elected or appointed to national, state, county, and local offices throughout the United States. One hundred years ago,…

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How American Citizenship Became a Racial Issue: The Nationality Act of 1790

Univ. of Michigan to Lead Team Studying Path to Reparations

The 15th Amendment and the Black Vote in America