"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. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."
This amendment protects and guarantees the rights for all American citizens to vote, no matter who they are. Despite the wording, at the time this Amendment was ratified, it only applied to male citizens. While the ability to vote had been guaranteed to white citizens since the Constitution was signed, this amendment gave voting rights to all male citizens, regardless of race.
This image represents the historic moment now granted by the 15th amendment. A line of black men voting for their representatives and participating in their political lives at full capacity. While that is very important it is also worthwhile to notice that there are only men in this image, as women had still not yet been granted their right to vote.
This poster encouraging the people to use their power to vote shows a diversity amongst skin tone, helping to illustrate that the right and ability to vote belongs to us all, no matter what we may look like.
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