The Constitution of the United States: Amendment 15 (Fifteenth Amendment – Rights Not to Be Denied on Account of Race)
The Constitution of the United States: Amendment 15 (15th Amendment)
Amendment XV. (Rights Not to Be Denied on Account of Race)
Passed by Congress February 26, 1869. Ratified February 3, 1870.
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 the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
More
- The Constitution of the United States: Amendments 11-27, from The National Archives
- Fifteenth Amendment – CRS Annotated Constitution
- Fifteenth Amendment – Wikipedia
- Fifteenth Amendment – Findlaw
- The Constitution of the United States: A Transcription – The National Archives
- United States Constitution: Texts, Commentaries, Historical Texts and Judicial Decisions – Law Library of Congress
- The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation – FDsys
- “Federalism and the Constitution: Limits on Congressional Power,” CRS Report RL30315
- “Ratification of Amendments to the U.S. Constitution,” CRS Report 97-922
- “7 stages of the office seeker“
- Congress
- Apportionment
- Reapportionment
- “Equal Rights Amendment (Proposed),” CRS Report IB74122
- “Federal Civil Rights Statutes: A Primer,” CRS Report RS22251
- “Congress’ Power to Legislate Control Over Hate Crimes,” CRS Report RS22335
- “The Voting Rights Act of 1965, As Amended: Its History and Current Issues,” CRS Report 95-896
- “American Federalism, 1776 to 1997: Significant Events,” CRS Report 95-518
- “Congressional Authority Over the Federal Courts,” CRS Report RL32926
Fifteenth Amendment – LawWebTV
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