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Stacey Abrams: “The 14th amendment gave us birthright citizenship, equal…”

Featuring: Stacey Abrams, Democratic | Former Candidate, Governor of Georgia

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Virtual Town Hall on Impact of Callais Decision w/ Doug Jones

Published | Video Starts at 01:57

Let's start very quickly with what happened with the VRA. I was just laying out 13th amendment ended slavery. 14th amendment, you know, gave us birthright citizenship for The 14th amendment gave us birthright citizenship, equal protection, and due process. And then you had the 15th Amendment, which said that the right to vote should not be impeded because of race and color. And that did not work for most black Americans for another hundred years. (01:57–02:04)

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Asserts that the 14th amendment provided birthright citizenship, equal protection, and due process.

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