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  1. Overview: United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866
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  3. Committee:Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union of the House of Representatives
  4. Session: 1866-12-10 00:00:00
  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.

Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union of the House of Representatives

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Session 14218: 1866-12-10 00:00:00

The House considers the President's Annual Message in Committee of the Whole.

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Resolutions on Distributing the President's Annual Message

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Resolved, That so much of the annual message of the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the present session, together with the accompanying documents, ... as relates to the reestablishment of the courts in districts where their authority has been interrupted, and to all judicial proceedings, be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Resolved, That so much of the President's message and accompanying documents as relates to the subject of reconstruction be referred to the joint committee on reconstruction.

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