June Has Been A Good Month For Racial Justice
June 25th, 2008 by Leonard Birdsong
Birdsong just has to remind all of you out there that June has been a good month for justice for African Americans.
On June 13, 1866, Congress passed the 14th Amendment that extended liberties and rights granted by the Bill of Rights to former slaves. The major provision of the 14th Amendment was to grant citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” thereby granting citizenship to the descendants of Africans brought to America in chains. We truly became African Americans.
On June 16, 1866, the House Joint Resolution proposing the 14th Amendment to the Constitution was submitted to the states.
