15th Amendment | What is the Fifteenth Amendment?
The Fifteenth Amendment in the Constitution is the third of three Reconstruction amendments granting enfranchisement or the right to vote to men regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
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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.
Reconstruction Amendments
The Reconstruction Amendments are comprised of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments. They were ratified during the era of Reconstruction and were an attempt to both unify the Union after Civil War and protect the freedoms of African Americans after the war.