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Jeffrey Rosen and Ali Velshi Celebrate Black History Month and 15th Amendment Anniversary

February 22, 2021

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This Black History Month marks the 151st anniversary of the 15th Amendment, which said that the right to vote could not be denied on account of race. 

President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen and MSNBC’s Ali Velshi discuss how the constitutional clashes over slavery set the stage for the Civil War, and how the nation transformed the Constitution during the Reconstruction period.

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