Season 1: The Citizenship Project
In 1865, Tennessee was the first Confederate state to officially ratify the fourteenth amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which granted former slaves rights as full citizens. However, Tennessee was also the last state to ratify the fifteenth amendment, which prohibited state and federal governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on “race, color or previous condition of servitude.”
A Time of Joining | The Citizenship Project | NPT
NPT's original documentary about the benevolent societies that form after the Civil War.
A Time of Joining | The Citizenship Project | NPT
The Early Black Press | Tennessee Voices Lifted | NPT
African Americans gained from the Civil War was the right to free expression.
The Early Black Press | Tennessee Voices Lifted | NPT
First Black Statesmen | The Citizenship Project | NPT
The end of the Civil War, after ratification of the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments.