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This years International Women’s Day was tagged breaking the bias. | Pulse Nigeria

The country has a checkered history on voting rights.

In 1870, Congress ratified the Fifteenth Amendment, which prohibited the denial of the right to vote based on “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”

The unsigned decision did not state a reason, though in a concurrence Justice Brett Kavanaugh said he had concerns about the election calendar.

In 1902, a janitor and longtime political activist took Alabama to the U.S. Supreme Court over voting rights. The court’s decision poisoned American law.

Professor Rafael Winkler unravels several philosophies of the age that lie behind an anti-slavery 19th century lithograph

Professor Rafael Winkler unravels several philosophies of the age that lie behind an anti-slavery 19th century lithograph

The unsigned decision did not state a reason, though in a concurrence Justice Brett Kavanaugh said he had concerns about the election calendar.

The unsigned decision did not state a reason, though in a concurrence Justice Brett Kavanaugh said he had concerns about the election calendar.