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Fifteenth Amendment - Right of Citizens to Vote

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FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT

RIGHT OF CITIZENS TO VOTE

CONTENTS

• Abolition of Suffrage Qualifications on Basis of Race
  • Adoption and Judicial Enforcement
    • Adoption
    • The Judicial View of the Amendment
    • Grandfather Clauses
    • The White Primary
    • Literacy Tests
    • Racial Gerrymandering
  • Congressional Enforcement
    • State Action
    • Federal Remedial Legislation

Last modified: January 11, 2006