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S. Res. 59, amending the Constitution, is proposed; the Senate considers S. 137, as in Committee of the Whole
Joint Resolution
Submitting to the legislatures of the several States a proposition to amend the Constitution of the United States.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of both houses concurring,) That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several States as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by three-fourths of said legislatures, shall be valid to all intents and purposes as a part of the said Constitution, namely:
ARTICLE 14.
No distinction shall be made by the United States, nor by any State, among citizens in their civil or political rights on account of race, color, or previous condition.