Fifteenth Amendment

American  

noun

1. an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1870, prohibiting the restriction of voting rights “on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”

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Example Sentences

These voting rights were solidified in 1870, with the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment, which said no man could be turned away from the polls because of his "race, color, or previous condition of servitude."

From Salon • Sep. 6, 2022

Stanton and Anthony denounced the Fifteenth Amendment because it granted voting rights only to Black men and not to women of any race.70 The fight for women’s rights did not die, however.

From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021

Similarly, the right to vote once belonged solely to White men until the Fifteenth Amendment gave the vote to African American men.

From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021

The Fifteenth Amendment granted the vote to all Black men, giving formerly enslaved people and free Black people greater political power than they had ever had in the United States.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

The National objected to the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment and favored educated female suffrage; the American supported female suffrage and did not oppose voting rights for any African Americans.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling