Celebrating Rights and Responsibilities: 
Baltimore & the Fifteenth Amendment, May 19, 1870

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SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Constance B. Schultz Slide Collection). The Result of the Fifteenth Amendment, and the Rise and Progress of the African Race in America and its Final Accomplishment, and Celebration on May 19th A.D. 1870. MSA SC 1260-104 

To examine the meaning of the symbolism and rhetoric of the nations largest celebration of the ratification of the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

• Guide to Documents
• Suggested Viewing and Reading List
• Website on the 15th Amendment Parade created by David Troy from the documents in this packet and from additional sources:
• Local version at the Archives, MSA SC 2221-18-12

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