Fifteenth Amendment - Right of Citizens to Vote

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: June 27, 2012