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February 3

Anniversaries in American history that fall on February 3.

1913 · Documents / Laws & Acts
Sixteenth Amendment
The Amendment That Created the Federal Income Tax, 1913
1870 · Eras
Fifteenth Amendment ratified
Black men granted the right to vote
1870 · Documents / Laws & Acts
Fifteenth Amendment
The 1870 amendment that prohibited denying the vote on the basis of race