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  1. Overview: United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866
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  3. Committee:The House of Representatives
  4. Session: 1865-12-21 12:00:00
  5. Event type: CREATE

United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866

An amendment to the Constitution of the United States that granted citizenship and equal rights, both civil and legal, to Black Americans, including those who had been emancipated by the thirteenth amendment.

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The House of Representatives of the Thirty-Ninth Session of Congress

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Session 5272: 1865-12-21 12:00:00

Delos R. Ashley of Nevada enters the House; the House is informed of the Senate appointments to the Joint Committee of Fifteen on Reconstruction

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Resolution on the Referral of Credentials from Tennessee

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Resolved, That so much of the House resolution as refers the credentials of the Representatives-elect to the Thirty-Ninth Congress, from the State of Tennessee, to the joint committee of fifteen be, and the same is hereby, rescinded, and that said credentials be referred to the Committee of Elections.

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