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In 2008, State Attorney Andrew H. Warren was elected. At last count, the office has 132 Assistant State Attorneys and 162 other staff members including receptionists, paralegals, administrators, investigators, and victim advocates. TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Ed Brodsky, State Attorney Criminal Justice Building, Suite 400 2071 Ringling Boulevard
401 North Dixie Highway. West Palm Beach, FL 33401. (561) 355-7100. The State Attorney's Office is located at the corner of 3rd Street and North Dixie Highway in West Palm Beach. It is the building directly north of the Palm Beach County Courthouse. Metered parking is available on adjacent streets.
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200 West Atlantic Ave., Suite 100#N#Delray Beach, Florida 33444#N#Phone: (561) 274-1490
3188 PGA Blvd.#N#Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 33418#N#Phone: (561) 624-6630
401 North Dixie Highway#N#West Palm Beach, FL 33401#N#561-355-7100 (Phone)#N#561-366-1800 (Fax)#N#1-800-353-3859 (Toll Free)#N#Email: [email protected]
3228 Gun Club Road#N#West Palm Beach, Fl 33406#N#561-688-4640 (Phone)#N#561-688-4646 (Fax)
3400 Belvedere Road#N#West Palm Beach, FL 33406#N#561-682-0038 (Phone)#N#561-682-0052 (Fax)
3188 PGA Blvd.#N#Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 33418#N#561-624-6630 (Phone)#N#561-624-6548 (Fax)
200 West Atlantic Ave., Suite 100#N#Delray Beach, Florida 33444#N#561-274-1490 (Phone)#N#561-274-1498 (Fax)
The 15th Amendment states: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. ”. Despite the amendment's passage, by the late 1870s discriminatory practices were used to prevent Black citizens from exercising their ...
The 15th Amendment states: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”.
With the adoption of the 15th Amendment in 1870 , a politically mobilized African American community joined with white allies in the Southern states to elect the Republican Party to power, which brought about radical changes across the South.
Reconstruction Ends. In the late 1870s, the Southern Republican Party vanished with the end of Reconstruction, and Southern state governments effectively nullified both the 14th Amendment (passed in 1868, it guaranteed citizenship and all its privileges to African Americans) and the 15th amendment, stripping Black citizens in the South ...
In the late 1870s, the Southern Republican Party vanished with the end of Reconstruction, and Southern state governments effectively nullified both the 14th Amendment (passed in 1868, it guaranteed citizenship and all its privileges to African Americans) and the 15th a mendment, stripping Black citizens in the South of the right to vote.
Voting Rights Act of 1965 . The Voting Rights Act of 1965 , signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on August 6, 1965 , aimed to overcome all legal barriers at the state and local levels that denied African Americans their right to vote under the 15th Amendment.