15th Amendment to the United States Constitution

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkbp:appliesTo	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:category	gptkb:Reconstruction_Era African-American history Voting rights in the United States Civil rights in the United States
gptkbp:enforcedBy	gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:16th_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	15th Amendment to the United States Constitution
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkbp:locationSigned	gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:number	15
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Reconstruction_Amendments
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:14th_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:prohibits	denial of the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude
gptkbp:proposedBy	gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:ratifiedBy	February 3, 1870
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Shelby_County_v._Holder gptkb:Guinn_v._United_States gptkb:United_States_v._Reese
gptkbp:section	2
gptkbp:signedBy	gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkbp:textBegins	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.
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Civil_rights_amendment gptkb:13th_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6