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 Senate of the Thirty-Ninth Session of Congress
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The second session of the Thirty-Ninth Congress is called to order
Resolved, That a committee, consisting of two members, be appointed to join such committee as may be appointed by the House of Representatives, to wait upon the President of the United States, and inform him that a quorum of each House has assembled, and that Congress is ready to receive any communication he may be pleased to make.