Amendment XV : : Race and the Right to Vote

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Foreword -- Amendment text and explanation -- Introduction -- Chronology -- 1: Historical Background On Fifteenth Amendment -- Fifteenth amendment was part of a "second constitution" for the United States -- Ratification of the fifteenth amendment helped former rebel states rejoin the union / Brooks D Simpson -- Ratification of the fifteenth amendment is simply justice / Benjamin F Whittemore -- Voting rights should be preserved for white men of European background / James R Doolittle -- Fifteenth amendment will help blacks fulfill their potential as Americans / Frederick Douglass -- Federal government must enforce the fifteenth amendment's guarantees / Martin Luther King, Jr -- 2: Challenging And Affirming The Fifteenth Amendment -- Individual states cannot restrict the fifteenth amendment's guarantees / Edward D White -- States may restrict nonwhites from voting in state primaries / Owen Roberts -- States cannot restrict voting in primaries to whites only / Stanley F Reed -- Congress has the right to enforce the fifteenth amendment / Earl Warren -- Parts of the Voting rights act are unconstitutional / Hugo Black -- 3: Ensuring Voting Rights In Contemporary America -- Indiana's voter ID law threatens to disenfranchise some voters / Cynthia Tucker -- Voter ID laws have not been shown to reduce voter turnout / Jeff Milyo -- States continue to find ways to restrict voters / Adam Cohen -- Some authorities still try to stop African Americans from voting / Art Levine -- Federal officials still monitor elections to ensure fair voting procedures / Katherine Sayre -- Appendices -- A: Amendments to the US Constitution -- B: Court cases relevant to the fifteenth amendment -- For further research -- Index.
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