| Proponents of this bill will say that all of this was prior to the adoption of the 15th amendment under which they claim the power to establish voter qualifications in some of the States. |
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| Many of the demonstrations of the 50s and 60s were about establishing ways to implement and enforce laws that had passed decades prior, like the 15th amendment. |
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| Republicans viewed the 15th Amendment as the culmination of Reconstruction, but over the next four decades, its guarantees proved meaningless. |
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| Just after the Civil War, the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteed that no one could be denied the right to vote because of their race, color or previous condition of servitude. |
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| Stewart served two terms in the Senate and gained special distinction as the author of the 15th Amendment, on equal voting rights, in its final form. |
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| The 14th Amendment, along with the 13th Amendment and the 15th Amendment, was passed during the thirteenâyear period of martial law following the Civil War. |
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