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美国宪法第14项修正案于1868年7月28日被批准了
后来，一直到了1870年批准了第15项修正案后，非裔美人才真正得到投票权。这项修正案指出「美国公民的投票权不能因为种族、肤色，或者过去的奴隶地位而遭到美国政府或其他各州政府剥夺。」不过，实际上要经过10年之后，1965年通过的投票权利法案 (Voting
Rights Act) 才真正取消了以课人头税、文字测验，以及威吓等方式来禁止非裔美人或其他有色人种行使投票权的障碍。值得注意的是，第15项修正案并没有提到性别的问题。一直要到1920年通过第19项修正案后，妇女才真正取得投票权。
It was the 15th Amendment, ratified in 1870, which finally gave African Americans the right to vote. It states that "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." In practice, however, it took almost 100 more years and the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to remove barriers such as poll taxes, literacy tests, and intimidation that prevented African Americans and other people of color from freely exercising their right to vote. Note that the 15th amendment makes no mention of sex. It was not until the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920 that women were explicitly given the vote.
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