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.
The right to vote is extended to all white men in America. 1857: In the landmark case Dred Scott v. Sandford, the US Supreme Court rules that âa black man has no rights a white man is bound to respect.â African Americans are further deprived of the right to citizenship and, by extension, the right to vote.