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15th Amendment

URL: http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.amendmentxv.html
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The 15th Amendment was ratified to guarantee political rights to all Americans. Congress was granted enforcement authority in Section Two of this brief Amendment, which was passed by Congress on February 26, 1869, and ratified February 3, 1870.

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