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"The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870" color lithograph created by Thomas Kelly, 1870. (Reconstruction) At center, a depiction of a parade in celebration of the passing of the 15th Amendment. Framing it are portraits and vignettes...
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Article History

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Invalidated site: University of of Pennsylvania Carey Law School - Legal Scholarship Repository - The Voting Rights Act and the Fifteenth Amendment Standard of Review (PDF). Nov 03, 2026
Article revised. Sep 28, 2026
Add new Web site: Minnesota State - American History Told By Contemporaries - Fifteenth Amendment (1869). Apr 10, 2026
Add new Web site: Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum - Constitutional Amendments – Amendment 15 – “The Right to Vote”. Sep 20, 2025
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Info Brief: The Fifteenth Amendment—Framing, Ratification, and Principles. Aug 04, 2025
Add new Web site: Constitution Annotated - Fifteenth Amendment. May 28, 2025
Add new Web site: Cambridge University Press - Cambridge Core - The Sequel: The Fifteenth amendment, The Nineteenth amendment and Southern black women's struggle to vote (PDF). Apr 02, 2025
Add new Web site: University of of Pennsylvania Carey Law School - Legal Scholarship Repository - The Voting Rights Act and the Fifteenth Amendment Standard of Review (PDF). Dec 26, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Michigan Law School Scholarship Repository - Enforcing the Fifteenth Amendment. Oct 03, 2024
Added an interactive timeline of voting rights in the U.S. Aug 28, 2024
Add new Web site: National Park Service - The Fifteenth Amendment. Aug 07, 2024
Add new Web site: Bill of Rights Institute - 15th Amendment | What is the Fifteenth Amendment? Jun 13, 2024
Add new Web site: GovInfo - Fifteenth Amendment. Mar 13, 2024
Add new Web site: GovInfo - Fifteenth Amendment (PDF). Feb 01, 2024
Add new Web site: Library of Congress - Constitution Annotated - Fifteenth Amendment Right of Citizens to Vote. Jul 27, 2023
Add new Web site: National Constitution Center - Right to Vote Not Denied by Race. Jun 01, 2023
Add new Web site: Encyclopedia Virginia - Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Oct 10, 2022
Add new Web site: National Geographic - The 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution. Jul 11, 2022
Add new Web site: Oregon Encyclopedia - 15th Amendment. Jul 11, 2022
Article revised to mention the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Shelby County v. Holder (2014). Aug 14, 2019
Added photograph. Jul 16, 2010
Added photograph of a watercolour. Jul 16, 2010
Media added. Jan 26, 2010
New article added. Apr 14, 2009
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