The primary language of the 14th amendment to the United States Constitution, which was ratified by three quarters of the states on July 28, 1868, reads as follows: Section 1: All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to jurisprudence are citizens of the United States and which they remain. No state introduces or implements any law that would elevate the privileges or freedoms of citizens of the United States; no state deprives a person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law; nor deny any person under his jurisdiction equal protection of the law. In addition, Section 5 states: Congress has the authority to enforce compliance with the provisions of this article in accordance with relevant legislation.
This language of the 14th Amendment Cave provides equal protection and due process to all citizens of the United States and their rights guaranteed in accordance with the Bill of Rights, the initial first ten amendments against the actions of the federal or state government.
The amendment was proposed by Congress in 1866, and it was evaluated by states in 1868. This forced the southern states to recognize in the Union the observance of the 14th amendment, since the southern states were the first violators of the rights of African-Americans.
The scope of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution prohibiting actions condemning African Americans with the right to vote and equal protection under the law. It also prohibits any payments to the confederation for debts and denies anyone who has vowed to defend the US Constitution, and then bought as a result of an uprising against him from a public office. The main holder of the 14th Amendment was the appeal of Dresd Scott to Sandford (1857) to the case of the US Supreme Court, which states that Arab-American slaves should not be classified in the words "all men are created equal" in accordance with the Declaration of Independence. Finally, it excites citizenship to anyone born in the United States, which included African descendants.
One of the main actions of the 14th Amendment is its involvement in the Brown v Board of Education (1954), where it was used to combat the legal segregation of school systems against African Americans. He also hailed the light, Roberts versus the city of Boston (1849), where African Americans filed lawsuits against the system of racial separation. In addition, the 14th Amendment also provided assistance in five cases at the Brown Education Council as follows: Bulach v. Gebhart in Delaware; Briggs vs. Elliot in S. Carolina; Davis v. County School Board Prince Edward County, Virginia; Bolling vs. S. Melvin Sharp in Washington, DC and Brown v Kansas Education Council, where such questions were addressed, and provided assistance to individuals fighting against the repressive system.
Some of the general reactions that others experienced to this situation were very interesting. It is surprising to note that even after the 14th phased change, adoption and implementation, there are still places where many rights are still violated with respect to African Americans and other minorities, especially in the southern states. Even today, he sees that equal protection and a due process when it comes to African Americans and other minorities are in a position where you get closed eyes.
Others said that there are still places where African Americans and other minorities are excluded because of the application of the law, especially when it comes to rework. It also appears that counter-terrorism actions still operate in the area of regrouping and liquidating a political district where African-Americans are located to dilute their voices.
Some of the development questions that I asked to deepen these questions regarding the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights Concerning African-Americans and Other Minorities are: a) why she accepted the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution to guarantee equal protection of law and freedoms to all citizens, as provided for in the first ten changes, known as the Bill of Rights, as if without it there would be no such guarantee of rights? and b) why, under current conditions, equal protection of the law is not guaranteed to all citizens, as provided for in the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution, and not just the few who are rich and rich, but the poor go to prison and are deprived of their rights?
These are important problems faced by African-Americans and other minorities in the 21st century that need to be answered and resolved.
© Joseph S. Spence, Sr., 8/19/09
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