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Amendment XV · Section 2

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

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Passed by Congress February 26, 1869. Ratified February 3, 1870.

Source: the uploaded National Constitution Center edition. Historical wording and its bracket markers remain visible; later amendments and the reading notes explain changes.

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