Voting Rights During Reconstruction: Historical Illustration of Black Suffrage #3856690 (License: Personal Use)

This colorized historical illustration shows an older Black man with a white beard, dressed in modest but dignified attire, extending his hand to deposit a ballot into a glass ballot box. Behind him stand several men-including a formally dressed Black man in a straw hat, a white official, and a U.S. Army sergeant-underscoring the federal oversight and community involvement in early Black enfranchisement. The large American flag overhead emphasizes national identity and the contested promise of equality after the Civil War.

Frequently used in educational resources, museum exhibits, and civil rights history articles to illustrate the expansion of voting rights following the 15th Amendment (1870). Matches user intent seeking visual context for Reconstruction-era democracy, racial progress, and voter suppression origins.