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The following books from the Library's collections examine the history of the 15th Amendment and African American suffrage. The bibliography contains a selection of books for both general readers and for younger readers.
The African American Electorate: A Statistical History by 
Amendment XV: Race and the Right to Vote by 
Civil Rights, the Constitution, and Congress, 1863-1869 by 
A Free Ballot and a Fair Count: The Department of Justice and the Enforcement of Voting Rights in the South, 1877-1893 by 
In Search of Federal Enforcement: The Moral Authority of the Fifteenth Amendment and the Integrity of the Black Ballot, 1870-1965 by Legislative and Judicial History of the Fifteenth Amendment by 
Race, Voting, Redistricting and the Constitution: Sources and Explorations on the Fifteenth Amendment by The Reconstruction Amendments' Debates: The Legislative History and Contemporary Debates in Congress on the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments by The Right to Vote: Politics and the Passage of the Fifteenth Amendment by 
The Fifteenth Amendment: African-American Men's Right to Vote by 
The Reconstruction Amendments by 
