Which piece of legislation granted African Americans the legal right to vote?

The 15th Amendment, ratified in 1870, prohibited denying a U.S. citizen the right to vote because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. The Voting Rights Act later strengthened protections against racial discrimination in voting, but the amendment that granted African American men the constitutional right to vote was the 15th Amendment.

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