Black suffrage refers to black people's right to vote and has long been an issue in countries established under conditions of black minorities as well...

voting rights at the state level. Prior to the Civil War, free Black people had suffrage in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. However, the right...

Women's suffrage, or the right to vote, was established in the United States over the course of more than half a century, first in various states and localities...

manhood suffrage"), in a shift that began the move away from a society stratified by wealth, to one which was now also based on race; black wealthy men...

that began in the late 19th century in order to campaign against women's suffrage in countries such as Australia, Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom and...

"black to be male and women to be white". In 1890, two rival organizations, the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association...

Women's suffrage was established in the United States on a full or partial basis by various towns, counties, states, and territories during the latter...

Universal suffrage or universal franchise ensures the right to vote for as many people bound by a government's laws as possible, as supported by the "one...

Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections. At the beginning of the 18th century, some people sought to change voting laws to allow women...

The National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) was formed on May 15, 1869, to work for women's suffrage in the United States. Its main leaders were Susan...

active suffrage, as distinct from passive suffrage, which is the right to stand for election. The combination of active and passive suffrage is sometimes...

established. Instead, the State legalized Black suffrage and passed a civil rights law guaranteeing Blacks equal rights in commerce and access to the...

down African-American suffrage proposals by large margins. Northern public opinion tolerated Johnson's inaction on black suffrage as an experiment, to...

other rights of citizens for blacks. The Act stipulated that the former Confederate states had to include Negro male suffrage in their new constitutions...

A referendum on Black suffrage was held in New York in 1860. Voters were asked whether universal suffrage for Black men 21 years of age and older should...

pre-war status quo. Though not all Republicans favored black suffrage, the passage of the Black Codes and the restoration to power of former Confederate...

became clear that they would have to confront the issue of Black suffrage. Property-owning Black men had been able to vote in Rhode Island until a law made...

individuals active in the worldwide women's suffrage movement who have campaigned or strongly advocated for women's suffrage, the organisations which they formed...

The Woman Suffrage Procession on March 3, 1913, was the first suffragist parade in Washington, D.C. It was also the first large, organized march on Washington...

Alpha Suffrage Club in Chicago on January 30, 1913.[page needed] One of the most important Black suffrage organizations in Chicago, the Alpha Suffrage Club...

franchise of black male voters was important for the party's future. On February 26, 1869, after rejecting more sweeping versions of a suffrage amendment...

American Civil War, where he worked for black suffrage and other civil rights. He was a spokesman for blacks of Kansas and "the West". Born free in Louisa...

Territorial Suffrage Act, which prohibited denying suffrage based on race or previous condition of servitude, which nullified Utah's ban on black suffrage. Before...

favorite, Senator Benjamin Wade of Ohio. The Republican platform supported black suffrage as part of the 14th Amendment's promise of full citizenship for former...

as justification of barring Black people from the priesthood, banning interracial marriages, and opposing Black suffrage.: 70  He stated that the curse...

1872 the fight for women's suffrage became a national movement with the formation of the National Society for Women's Suffrage and later the more influential...

women's suffrage only to defeat black suffrage. Wood actually supported Impartial Suffrage, supporting both the rights of blacks and women. Nonetheless, the...

The American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA) was a single-issue national organization formed in 1869 to work for women's suffrage in the United States...

Hampshire, and Vermont, had universal white male suffrage. 1807 Voting rights are taken away from free black men and all women in New Jersey. 1819 Economic...

states that reduced suffrage due to race. The Committee and House failed to agree on this proposal. Supporters of black suffrage worked to secure Congressional...