Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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Adopted on March 30, 1870, the Fifteenth Amendment (Amendment XV) to the United States Constitution granted African-American men the right to vote.^[1] It was one of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1. ↑ "Fifteenth Amendment". History?A&E Television Networks, LLC. Retrieved 4 March 2016.