15th Amendment to the United States Constitution (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 power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
- Title
- 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution (1870)
- Description
- The Fifteenth Amendment granted the right to vote to African American men by prohibiting the denial of suffrage based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude. The amendment was passed by Congress on February 26, 1869, and ratified February 3, 1870.
- Date
- 1870-02-03
- Author
- United States. Congress
- Subject
- African Americans
- Spatial Coverage
- United States
- Document Type
- Constitutional Amendment
- Document Category
- Primary Source
- Bluebook Citation
- U.S. Const. amend. XV
- Digital Repository
- National Archives
- Title
- 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution (1870)
- Description
- The Fifteenth Amendment granted the right to vote to African American men by prohibiting the denial of suffrage based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude. The amendment was passed by Congress on February 26, 1869, and ratified February 3, 1870.
- Date
- 1870-02-03
- Author
- United States. Congress
- Subject
- African Americans
- Spatial Coverage
- United States
- Document Type
- Constitutional Amendment
- Document Category
- Primary Source
- Bluebook Citation
- U.S. Const. amend. XV
- Digital Repository
- National Archives