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In this way, Plessy rejected not only the Reconstruction Amendments, but the philosophy behind them. The amendments were built on the idea that the right approach to race issues was to protect all ...

The Reconstruction amendment, ratified in 1868, during the post-Civil War era, includes a citizenship clause that states: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to ...

Most of Reconstruction legislation is far ahead ... did not do it under the Fourteenth Amendment. The Fourteenth Amendment has still not been interpreted to allow Congress to bar private ...

The 14th Amendment is known as a Reconstruction amendment, because it was added to the Constitution after the Civil War in ...

The film discusses the aftermath of the Civil War, focusing on the devastation in the South and the challenges faced by ...

Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude ...