Voting Rights Celebration

May 19, 1870 - More than 10,000 people celebrated the ratification of the 15th Amendment with an elaborate parade in Baltimore. 

Sunday May 17, 2020 - Fraternal groups, civil rights organizations, political leaders, schools, businesses, community associations, religious leaders, unions, and other organizations will assemble in Baltimore and re-enact the 1870 parade, to commemorate the  150th anniversary of the 15th amendment and to commit to protecting and exercising the right to vote. 

The Re-enactment Parade will begin at 3:00 PM in the 900 block of Eutaw Street  (opposite State Office Complex)