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Sep

Equal Rights?

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The 14th Amendment of the Constitution was adopted in 1868 to deal with race discrimination and to dismantle racial segregation at the end of the Civil War. It also, for the first time, added the word “male” to the text in regards to voting. Essentially, this amendment guarantees all citizens equal protection of the laws, but [...]

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