15th Amendment Section 2

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.

15th amendment section 2. Constitution granted african american men the right to vote by declaring 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. Once in office they pursued laws that provided schools for all children and allowed people of different races to be married. 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 the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

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 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 15th amendment was important in that it not only finally gave african americans the right to vote but also allowed the most african americans in history to be elected into public office.

The congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. 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. Congress used its authority pursuant to section 2 of the fifteenth amendment to pass the voting rights act of 1965 achieving further racial equality in voting.

Introduction the 15th amendment to the u s. The congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. In 1980 the supreme court held that the section as originally enacted by congress in 1964 was a restatement of the protections afforded by the 15th amendment.

The congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. Section 2 is permanent and has no expiration date as do certain other provisions of the voting rights act. The fifteenth amendment was ratified by the states in 1870 and also gave congress the power to enforce such rights against governments that sought to undermine this guarantee through the enactment of appropriate legislation.