“In some ways, the 14th Amendment is the original articulation that Black lives matter,” says Damon Hewitt, president and executive director of Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law. On ...

Every American citizen owes a debt of gratitude to John Mercer Langston, architect of the 14th Amendment and founding dean of the Howard University School of Law. His writings and speeches are ...

After SCOTUS opened the door to President Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship, the anniversary of the 14th Amendment takes on an added significance. The anniversary of the ratification of the ...

Trump's Executive Order 14160 challenges the 14th Amendment's birthright citizenship guarantee. The post Trump’s Attempt to ...

This anniversary provides an opportunity for us to reacquaint ourselves with their history and to recommit ourselves to the work of ensuring their enforcement. On July 9, 1868, South Carolina became ...

President Donald Trump plans to announce his second Supreme Court nominee on Monday, which also happens to be the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the 14th Amendment. That fortuitous bit of ...

The Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment was ratified after the Civil War in order to cement citizenship and legal protections for Black people in the U.S. after slavery was abolished. What ...

Bonds would later go on to surpass Hank Aaron's record in 2007 by hitting his 756th home run, becoming the MLB's greatest homerun hitter. On this day in history, millions of Americans participated in ...