Right to Vote, Race

"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."

The Fifteenth AmendmentFifteenth AmendmentThe 1870 amendment barring denial of the vote on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude, with enforcement power given to Congress.Read the full definition (opens a new tab) bars denying the right to votesuffrageThe right to vote. The Constitution never granted it in general terms; it added prohibitions on specific grounds for denying it, one amendment at a time.Read the full definition (opens a new tab) on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude, and lets Congress enforce it.