Session 8854: 1867-03-02 11:00:00

The Senate receives the President's veto message on H. R. 1143; the second session of the Thirty-Ninth Congress adjourns

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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