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  1. Overview: United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866
  2. Full Record: United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866
  3. Committee:Joint Committee of Fifteen on Reconstruction
  4. Session: 1866-01-09 10:00:00
  5. Event type: CREATE

United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866

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.

Joint Committee of Fifteen on Reconstruction

A special joint committee made up of nine members from the House of Representatives six members of the Senate. This committee was formed to inquire into the condition of the states in rebellion.

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Session 5037: 1866-01-09 10:00:00

The Joint Committee meets; H. Res. 31 is received; the Joint Committee resolves to keep proceedings secret; the Sub-Committee to wait on the President reports; Mr. Stevens proposes a constitutional amendment on represenation, which is debated and amended.

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Resolution to Alter the Basis of Representation

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Resolved, That in the opinion of this Committee, the insurgent States cannot, with safety to the rights of all the people of the United States, be allowed to participate in the Government until the basis of representation shall have been modified, and the rights of all persons amply secured, either by new provisions, or the necessary changes of existing provisions, in the Constitution of the United States, or otherwise.

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