U.S. Constitution: Fifteenth Amendment

Fifteenth Amendment - Right of Citizens to Vote

Amendment Text | Annotations  

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.

Annotations

• Abolition of Suffrage Qualifications on Basis of Race  
• Adoption and Judicial Enforcement  
  • Adoption  
  • The Judicial View of the Amendment  
  • Grandfather Clauses  
  • The White Primary  
  • Literacy Tests  
  • Racial Gerrymandering  
• Congressional Enforcement  
  • State Action  
  • Federal Remedial Legislation