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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.





This amendment ensures all citizens the right to vote regardless of any physical characteristics or past history. With several loopholes, this execution of this law failed African Americans up until the social response in the Civil Rights Era.

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