Its a good day for America...as it pertains to equal rights and how far we have come as a nation...the idea that 60years ago a black man could not vote and today becomes president is impresive and says alot about the people of this great country...so today I will celebrate...tomorrow I will complain,question,gripe and be generally disgusted which is my God given, forefather's fought for and greatest generation died for right!
Your dates are a little off.
The Fifteenth Amendment (Amendment XV) to the United States Constitution prohibits each government in the United States to prevent a citizen from voting based on that citizen's race, color or previous condition of servitude (i.e., slavery). It was ratified on February 3, 1870.
The Congress proposed the Fifteenth Amendment on February 26, 1869 and the following states ratified the amendment:
Nevada (March 1, 1869)
West Virginia (March 3, 1869)
Illinois (March 5, 1869)
Louisiana (March 5, 1869)
Michigan (March 5, 1869)
North Carolina (March 5, 1869)
Wisconsin (March 5, 1869)
Maine (March 11, 1869)
Massachusetts (March 12, 1869)
Arkansas (March 15, 1869)
South Carolina (March 15, 1869)
Pennsylvania (March 25, 1869)
New York (April 14, 1869, rescinded on January 5, 1870, rescinded the rescission on March 30, 1870)
Indiana (May 14, 1869)
Connecticut (May 19, 1869)
Florida (June 14, 1869)
New Hampshire (July 1, 1869)
Virginia (October 8, 1869)
Vermont (October 20, 1869)
Alabama (November 16, 1869)
Missouri (January 7, 1870)
Minnesota (January 13, 1870)
Mississippi (January 17, 1870)
Rhode Island (January 18, 1870)
Kansas (January 19, 1870)
Ohio (January 27, 1870, after having rejected it on April 30, 1869)
Georgia (February 2, 1870)
Iowa (February 3, 1870)
Ratification was completed on February 3, 1870. The amendment was subsequently ratified by the following states:
Nebraska (February 17, 1870)
Texas (February 18, 1870)
New Jersey (February 15, 1871, after having rejected it on February 7, 1870)
Delaware (February 12, 1901, after having rejected it on March 18, 1869)
Oregon (February 24, 1959)
California (April 3, 1962, after having rejected it on January 28, 1870)
Maryland (May 7, 1973, after having rejected it on February 26, 1870)
Kentucky (March 18, 1976, after having rejected it on March 12, 1869)
Tennessee (April 2, 1997, after having rejected it on November 16, 1869)
Notice that Utah, Hawaii, and Alaska still have not Ratified the amendment.
The Voters Rights Act signed in 1965 by Lyndon B. Johnson was just an ACT.