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14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Primary Documents in American History

External Websites

The following external websites contain primary source materials related to the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Civil Rights (1868)
National Archives and Records Administration
Citizenship, Due Process, and Equal Protection: The Creation of the Fourteenth Amendment External
HarpWeek
The Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment External
National Constitution Center
DocsTeach: From Dred Scott to the Civil Rights Act of 1875: Eighteen Years of Change
The National Archives and Records Administration
Documents from Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867 External
University of Maryland
Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment External
Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School
Landmark Legislation: Thirteenth, Fourteenth, & Fifteenth Amendments
U.S. Senate
Plessy v. Ferguson: "Separate but Equal," Equal Protection (1896) External
Street Law, Inc. and the Supreme Court Historical Society
Toward Racial Equality: Harper’s Weekly Reports on Black America, 1857-1874 External
HarpWeek