The Fourteenth Amendment developed concurrently with the Civ…
The Fourteenth Amendment developed concurrently with the Civil Rights Act of 1866 to ensure its constitutionality. Section One of the Amendment granted citizenship and repealed the Supreme Court’s infamous Dred Scott (1857) decision. Moreover, it ensured that state laws could not deny due process or discriminate against particular groups of people.
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African Americans served at every level of government during Reconstruction. For example, almost 800 African American men served as state legislators around the South, with African Americans at one time making up a majority in the South Carolina House of Representatives.
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