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 House of Representatives of the Thirty-Ninth Session of Congress
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Daniel Voorhees from Indiana enters the House; standing and select committees are appointed
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America 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 or color.