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 Senate continues to consider S. 61
Mr. Speaker: The President of the United States having returned to the Senate the bill of the Senate (S. 61) "to protect all persons in the United States in their civil rights and furnish the means of their vindication," with his objections to the same, the Senate proceeded to reconsider the bill; and Resolved, That the bill do pass—two-thirds of the Senate agreeing thereto. I am directed by the Senate to communicate the said bill, the message of the President returning the same with his objections, and the proceedings of the Senate thereon, to the House of Representatives.