|
gptkbp:instanceOf
|
gptkb:constitutional_law
|
|
gptkbp:adoptedBy
|
February 3, 1870
|
|
gptkbp:appliesTo
|
gptkb:citizens_of_the_United_States
|
|
gptkbp:category
|
gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
Voting rights in the United States
|
|
gptkbp:enforcedBy
|
gptkb:United_States_Congress
|
|
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
|
15th Amendment (US)
|
|
gptkbp:partOf
|
gptkb:United_States_Constitution
|
|
gptkbp:precededBy
|
14th Amendment (US)
|
|
gptkbp:prohibits
|
denial of right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude
|
|
gptkbp:proposedBy
|
gptkb:United_States_Congress
|
|
gptkbp:ratifiedBy
|
gptkb:United_States
|
|
gptkbp:relatedTo
|
gptkb:Reconstruction_Amendments
|
|
gptkbp:section
|
2
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.
The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
|
|
gptkbp:significance
|
granted African American men the right to vote
|
|
gptkbp:successor
|
16th Amendment (US)
|
|
gptkbp:bfsParent
|
gptkb:Suffrage
|
|
gptkbp:bfsLayer
|
6
|