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History on the 14th Amendment. What is means and where we are now.

Date Submitted: 02/16/2003 16:28:33
Length: 7 pages (1907 words)
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The 14th Amendment The 14th amendment was passed by congress on June 13, 1866 and ratified (approved) July 9, 1868. It was passed giving previous slaves- (slavery was abolished in the 13th amendment except as punishment.) the rights that all United States citizens should have. It stated in section one: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No …

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…up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men... will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!" Although there was an end to segregation and signs saying, "white only" and "black only" do not exist anymore fulfilling the whole meaning of the 14th amendment will not be that easy.

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