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.
The House of Representatives of the Thirty-Ninth Session of Congress
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Mr. G. Clay Smith's resolutions from December are discussed; the House receives a message from the Senate confirming their agreement to the amendments to S. 61
Mr. Speaker:
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The Senate have agreed to the amendments of the House to the bill of the Senate (S. 61) to protect all persons in the United States in their civil rights, and furnish the means of their vindication.