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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:constitutional_law
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gptkbp:adoptedBy
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February 3, 1870
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gptkbp:appliesTo
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:category
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gptkb:Reconstruction_Amendments
Voting rights in the United States
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gptkbp:enforcedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Congress
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:U.S._Const._amend._XVI
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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U.S. Const. amend. XV
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gptkbp:number
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15
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:United_States_Constitution
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:U.S._Const._amend._XIV
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gptkbp:prohibits
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denial of the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude
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gptkbp:ratifiedBy
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three-fourths of the state legislatures
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gptkbp:section
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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.
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Fifteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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