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.
Passed by Congress February 26, 1869, and ratified February 3, 1870, the 15th amendment granted African American men the right to vote.