28
Jul

AMENDMENT ADOPTED ON THIS DAY

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Following its ratification by the necessary three-quarters of U.S.
states, the 14th Amendment, guaranteeing to African Americans citizenship and all its privileges, is officially adopted into the U.S. Constitution on this day in 1868.

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Secretary of State William Seward certified adoption of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.

Secretary of State William Seward certified adoption of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. Photo courtesy of the Library
of Congress.

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