On March 1, 1869, this state became the first to ratify the fifteenth amendment granting voting rights to African-American men.
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On March 1, 1869, this state became the first to ratify the fifteenth amendment granting voting rights to African-American men.
Nevada. The amendment passed in 342 days from its proposal on February 26, 1869. Kentucky, the birthplace of President Abraham Lincoln, ratified it over a hundred years later on March 18, 1976. Tennessee got around to it in 1997.