14th amendment, you know, gave us birthright citizenship for the purposes of this conversation. It also gave us equal protection and due process. And then you had The 15th Amendment 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. It took until 1965 with the voting Rights Act. (02:06–02:14)
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