Voting Rights and the Amendments
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What did the 15th Amendment, ratified in 1870, say about voting?
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The right to vote cannot be denied because of race, color or previous servitude
The 15th Amendment barred denying the vote on account of race. In practice many states found other ways to block Black voters until the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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