| From Classbrain.com Amendments To The US Constitution XV Amendment to the ConstitutionThe 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
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 © Copyright 2004 by Classbrain.com |
