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	FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT	1939
	RIGHT OF CITIZENS TO VOTE	1939
	ABOLITION OF SUFFRAGE QUALIFICATIONS ON BASIS OF RACE	1939
	Adoption and Judicial Enforcement	1939
	Adoption	1939
	The Judicial View of the Amendment	1940
	Grandfather Clauses	1940
	The White Primary	1941
	Literacy Tests	1942
	Racial Gerrymandering	1942
	Congressional Enforcement	1943
	State Action	1944
	Federal Remedial Legislation	1946