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  1. Overview: United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866
  2. Full Record: United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866
  3. Committee:Joint Committee of Fifteen on Reconstruction
  4. Session: 1866-01-27 00:00:00
  5. Event type: CREATE_FROM

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.

Joint Committee of Fifteen on Reconstruction

A special joint committee made up of nine members from the House of Representatives six members of the Senate. This committee was formed to inquire into the condition of the states in rebellion.

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Session 5170: 1866-01-27 00:00:00

The Joint Committee meets; a Resolution inquiring into the possibility of requiring disloyal citizens to contribute to the cost of standing armies is received; Article C is reported from the Sub-Committee on the Powers of Congress and further considered and amended.

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Article C

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Article C.

The Congress shall have power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper to secure to the citizens of each state all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states (Art. 4. Sec. 2); and to all persons in the several States equal protection in the rights of life, liberty and property (5th Amendment).

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