Martin Luther King Jr.

The 15th amendment prohibits and states from denying anyone to vote due to "voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure … to deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color." This act was put into place so that people of color could not be denied the right to vote from failure from tests such as literacy tests. The country has been able to grow and honor these words more sacredly thanks to many peoples brave efforts to make this country fair to all its citizens.


Today Dr. King is known as key leader and component in the history of the Movement for African Americans and other races. Dr. King was a great leader who helped join together those who saw the shared the same dream he did. He helped to enforce African Americans right to vote. He will forever be remember through his struggles and death all for the sake of the rights of American Citizens.


This country has come a long way since 1965 when the Voting Right Act was put into place. There always going to be those who have different view points and ideas that are against your own, but in the modern world where the communities voice are more heard, I believe that the rights of those to vote are safe.