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.
The Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives for the Thirty-Ninth Session of Congress.
To see the full record of a committee, click on the corresponding committee on the map below.
The Committee on the Judiciary is appointed in the House
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment of the Constitution of the United States in regard to the applicability of laws to every citizen, without distinction of race or color.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled, That the following amendment to the Constitution of the United States shall be proposed, and when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the States shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution of the United States:
ARTICLE XIII.
All national and State laws shall be equally applicable to every citizen, and no discrimination shall be made on account of race and color.