How Have Civil Rights Changed Since The 1960's
Civil rights have changed since the 1960s as before African American citizens were denied the right to vote. It wasn’t actually illegal to vote if you were African American; however it was made very hard to register to vote especially if they were in the southern parts of America. In 1870 after the American civil war states were prohibited to deny a person of colour the right to vote, although in some southern states it was made very difficult to register to vote or even enter the building. Sometimes they were denied the right to register or they weren’t allowed to even enter the registering building. After the U.S. Civil War (1861-65), the 15th Amendment, approved in 1870, prohibited states from denying a male citizen the right to vote