Amendment XV

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gptkbp:adoptedBy February 3, 1870
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Fifteenth_Amendment
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:enforcedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Amendment_XVI
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Amendment XV
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Amendment_XIV
gptkbp:prohibits denial of right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:purpose protect voting rights of African American men
gptkbp:ratifiedBy United States states
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Reconstruction_Amendments
gptkbp:section 2
gptkbp:textBegins 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.
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Amendment_XIV
gptkb:Amendment_XVI
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