Amenities & Services. Guests of The Hay-Adams will always feel well cared-for. Every guestroom and suite in our DC luxury hotel is stocked with amenities to ensure that your stay in downtown Washington, D.C., is completely comfortable. We offer 24-hour in-room dining, and a fully staffed Les Clefs D'Or Concierge service.
In retrospect, it can be seen that the 15th amendment was in reality only the beginning of a struggle for equality that would continue for more than a century before African Americans could begin to participate fully in American public and civic life.
Laws and practices were also put in place to make sure blacks would never again freely participate in elections. But one problem stood in the way of denying African Americans the right to vote: the 15th Amendment, which guaranteed them this right.