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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"(August 26, 1825 -- August 9, 1904). Lawrence Strother Trimble was a lawyer, judge, president of a railroad company, and American politician. Trimble studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1847. He was a judge of equity and criminal court of the first judicial circuit of Kentucky (1856 - 1860) and was president of the New Orleans & Ohio Railroad Company (1860-1865). Trimble was a member of the State house of representatives (1851 and 1852). Lawrence was an unsuccessful candidate for the 38th Congress. He was elected as a Democrat to the 39, 40th, and 41st Congresses (March 4, 1865 - March 3, 1871) and was not reelected in 1870. [Source: 'Biographical directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=T000375]"
Member of Kentucky Delegation—United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Kentucky Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875, Kentucky Delegation—United States Fifteenth Amendment.
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