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The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, granting voting rights to citizens regardless of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude".
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The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal government and each state from denying or abridging a citizen's right to vote "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." It was ratified on February 3, 1870, as the third and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Constitution of the United States
Supreme law of the U.S.
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Suffrage
Right to vote in public and political elections
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