What does the 15th amendment say?

The fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution conceded African American men the privilege to vote by pronouncing that 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."
                             MEANING:

"privilege of subjects of the United States to vote should not be denied or shortened by the United States or by any state by virtue of race, shading, or past state of bondage."