...and even now it is misunderstood. This provided that " the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged * » * on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." His opposition to the amendment seemed at variance with his lifework. His...

...holding that conditions that existed before the Fifteenth Amendment, which provides that the right to vote shall not be denied or abridged on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude, could not be brought over to the present day in disregard of this selfexecuting...

...Constitution of the United States, which decrees that the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. Such is the condition which confronts us. As I have more than once pointed...

...congressional election. The court held that under the amendment providing that the right of citizens to vote shall not be denied or abridged on account of race, color, etc., the Congress could not pass a statute punishing election bribery of Negroes. It is hardly worth...

...protection of the laws." 4tH VOICE The Fifteenth Amendment! "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged ... on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." IST VOICE Music 2D VOICE 3o VOICE Sound CHIEF2 CHIEF PENN ALL But these great...

...not one of these. (See page 84.) XV. The Fifteenth Amendment provides that the right of citizens to vote shall not be denied or abridged on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It does not confer upon any one the right to vote. The power to determine qualifications...

...in the determinations of local aflairs, whenever such elections or determinations are duly ordered, shall not be denied or abridged on account of race, color, or sex. ARTICLE XI Arrest or imprisonment for indebtedness is prohibited except by due process of law...

...protection of the laws." Voice The Fifteenth Amendment! "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged ... on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." 1st Voice Music 2d Voice 3d Voice Sound Chief2 Chief Penn All But these great...

...not one of these. (See page 559.) XV The Fifteenth Amendment provides that the right of citizens to vote shall not be denied or abridged on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It does not confer upon any one the right to vote. The power to determine qualifications...

...discrimination is to be permitted as to race or color, because we find it there declared that the right to vote shall not be "denied or abridged ... on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude," There is no doubt about the meaning of that Amendment, and it is difficult...