14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Civil Rights (1868)

January 21, 2025

Passed by Congress June 13, 1866, and ratified July 9, 1868, the 14th Amendment extended liberties and rights granted by the Bill of Rights to formerly enslaved people. Following the Civil War, Congress submitted to the states three amendments as part of its Reconstruction program to guarantee equal civil and legal rights to Black citizens.

https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/14th-amendment

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