Constitutional Amendments: Article XV

 

We have been covering the US Constitution line by line.  When Republicans wave their paper props and parrot their vile machinations, we will be prepared to expose the lies.  We have finished the main body of the Constitution.  Now we continue with the Amendments.  You can find the last article on the main body of the Constitution here. It has links to all the others.  The text comes from The US Constitution.  Previous articles in the Amendment series:

Article I

Articles II and III

Article IV

Article V

Article VI

Article VII

Article VIII

Articles IX and X

Articles XI and XII

Article XIII

Article XIV

 

Article XV

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

The Fifteenth Amendment extends voting rights to African American, including former slaves.  Prior to 1964, Democrats used various means, such as poll taxes, literacy tests, and sometimes force to disenfranchise non-white citizens.  In 1964, LBJ passed the Voting Rights Act.  The Republicans welcomed the Dixiecrats and adopted their racist policies to get control of the south.  They now form the GOP base and continue to disenfranchise minorities at every opportunity.

I shall try to put up a new article in this series almost every day.  It will take some time to cover it all, but when we’re done, we shall be immune to the lies with which Republicans seek to undermine our freedoms.