1952: Immigration and Naturalization Act grants citizenship and the right to vote to Asians.

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1909 Suffrage Special arrives in Seattle for NAWSA convention.
Older 2021: Juneteenth is made a federal holiday. “America’s second Independence Day” commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans, celebrated on the annviersary of the 1865 General Order No. 3, which emancipated enslaved people in Texas.