This post-Civil War amendment, like its predecessor the 14th, was designed to prevent the pervasive discrimination against African-Americans, both former slaves and free blacks.

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The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which was adopted this week (March 30) in 1870, has two sections. The first states that “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 second section states that “Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.”

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