"Section 1. 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.
Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation"
This Amendment gives the right to all citizens of the United States to vote, and they cannot discriminate them due to their race, color, or any other reason.
President Lyndon Johnson - Speech on Voting Rights
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In this speech President Johnson says that no one shall be denied of their right to vote. He says that all the problems in the United States are "not a white problem, or a black problem, it is an American problem" meaning that the problems Americans face is responsibility of all the Americans as a one.
Emancipation and the New Black Vote
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This video, explains how important was for the black people, to finally get their right to vote. How they felt after their first time voting and how this was the beginning of a new life for all those who lived under the slavery and discrimination.
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