Amendments To The US Constitution
15th Amendment to the US Constitution
Voting Rights, 1870
By Congress
Mar 17, 2006, 11:40pm
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XV Amendment to the Constitution
The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified and enacted in early spring, 1870, gave male citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
Source:LII - Cornell Law School
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| � Thomas Kelly after James C. Beard - New York: 1870 |
Amendment XV
Section 1.
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.
Section 2.
The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Source: LII- Cornel Law School
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