The Fifteenth Amendment, ratified in 1870, had already declared that the right of citizens to vote could not be denied because of race, color or previous condition of servitude. But between a constitutional promise and the lived reality of Black Americans stood nearly a century of organized resistance.

Trump lost. That is, if all legal voters were allowed to vote and all legal ballots were counted, Trump would have lost.

As the truism warns, those who control the past control the future. By Chanucey Devega | Salon - Commentary | June 23, 2021 Words have...