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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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National Archives Center for Legislative Archives

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United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: House Committee on the Judiciary , Date: 13 Mar 1866, 10:00
S. 61: First House Judiciary Committee Amendment
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: House Committee on the Judiciary , Date: 13 Mar 1866, 10:00
S. 61: Second House Judiciary Committee Amendment
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: House Committee on the Judiciary , Date: 13 Mar 1866, 10:00
S. 61: Third House Judiciary Committee Amendment
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: House Committee on the Judiciary , Date: 13 Mar 1866, 10:00
S. 61: Fourth House Judiciary Committee Amendment
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: House Committee on the Judiciary , Date: 13 Mar 1866, 10:00
S. 61: Fifth House Judiciary Committee Amendment
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: House Committee on the Judiciary , Date: 13 Mar 1866, 10:00
S. No. 61. “An Act to protect all persons in the U. S. in their civil rights, and furnish the means of their vindication,” was considered [and] sundry amendments were made [and] then it was agreed to recommend its passage. (Pg. 135)