The United States Congress passes the bill to allow <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American" id="mwkQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="African American">African American</a> men the right to vote in Washington, D.C.<sup about="#mwt90" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-16"}}' id="cite_ref-16" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_8#cite_note-16" id="mwkg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 16;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwkw">[16]</span></a></sup>
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