Amendments of the 1960's
-The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments were passed in the 1960s.
Picture from: <BlackHistory.com>.
Picture from: <BlackHistory.com>.
The 13th amendment was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864 and the House on January 31, 1865.
The amendment was finally ratified on December 6, 1865. It was made in effort to abolish all slavery in the U.S.
The Emancipation Proclamation that was issued by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 declared slaves to be free in every state, if they were freed in one state. However, this did not end slavery completely, so the 13th Amendment was created to guarantee the end of slavery.
The 14th amendment was ratified on July 9, 1868. The amendment granted citizenship to all Americans born in the US, including former slaves. It also states that no one can be denied life, liberty, or property in the US. “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” –the 14th Amendment.
The 15th amendment was ratified on February 3, 1870. It granted African American men the right to vote. “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”-the 15th amendment. This gave African American men the right to vote. However, things like literary tests prohibited them from voting. This right was not fully recognized until the voting rights act was passed. It allowed African Americans to vote by overcoming legal state laws.
Even though the 13th and 14th amendments, which address the elimination of slavery and all people are equal; no race is any better than the other, were around, colored people were still being discriminated against. For example, Black people were killed, and women were raped. Blacks were also forced to do labor intensive work and were never promoted or paid more. The white people made “nicer” schools exclusively for themselves. Later, a silent unofficial law known as the “Jim Crow act” was created quietly among the people. Jim Crow laws didn't allow African Americans to use any public things they had there own separated section form only them. The official law said all were equal, but whites were still known as the dominate race.
The 14th amendment was intended to protect the civil rights of past slaves, and the 15th ended any racial voting limitations. The 13th officially states,"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation”
Even after laws were passed and people were all supposed to be equal many broke the laws. Emmet Till was a young teenager who was caught flirting with a white woman. Before you knew it, his dead body was found. Two white males had supposedly taken him to a farm, where they beat him to death, gouging his eyeballs out. They soon shot him, but before, they tied a seventy pound bag of cotton to his neck. Then, they shot him and disposed of him in the Tallahatchie River. He was only 14, just flirting with a white girl, and it went to this extreme.
The 13th – 15th amendments are known as the reconstruction amendments. These amendments symbolize the recreation of the US. It became the great melting pot, where all races and ethnic groups were welcome. These amendments made the US stronger and more excepting of different people. It made the United States the place it
is today, full of variety and love for all people.
The amendment was finally ratified on December 6, 1865. It was made in effort to abolish all slavery in the U.S.
The Emancipation Proclamation that was issued by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 declared slaves to be free in every state, if they were freed in one state. However, this did not end slavery completely, so the 13th Amendment was created to guarantee the end of slavery.
The 14th amendment was ratified on July 9, 1868. The amendment granted citizenship to all Americans born in the US, including former slaves. It also states that no one can be denied life, liberty, or property in the US. “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” –the 14th Amendment.
The 15th amendment was ratified on February 3, 1870. It granted African American men the right to vote. “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”-the 15th amendment. This gave African American men the right to vote. However, things like literary tests prohibited them from voting. This right was not fully recognized until the voting rights act was passed. It allowed African Americans to vote by overcoming legal state laws.
Even though the 13th and 14th amendments, which address the elimination of slavery and all people are equal; no race is any better than the other, were around, colored people were still being discriminated against. For example, Black people were killed, and women were raped. Blacks were also forced to do labor intensive work and were never promoted or paid more. The white people made “nicer” schools exclusively for themselves. Later, a silent unofficial law known as the “Jim Crow act” was created quietly among the people. Jim Crow laws didn't allow African Americans to use any public things they had there own separated section form only them. The official law said all were equal, but whites were still known as the dominate race.
The 14th amendment was intended to protect the civil rights of past slaves, and the 15th ended any racial voting limitations. The 13th officially states,"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation”
Even after laws were passed and people were all supposed to be equal many broke the laws. Emmet Till was a young teenager who was caught flirting with a white woman. Before you knew it, his dead body was found. Two white males had supposedly taken him to a farm, where they beat him to death, gouging his eyeballs out. They soon shot him, but before, they tied a seventy pound bag of cotton to his neck. Then, they shot him and disposed of him in the Tallahatchie River. He was only 14, just flirting with a white girl, and it went to this extreme.
The 13th – 15th amendments are known as the reconstruction amendments. These amendments symbolize the recreation of the US. It became the great melting pot, where all races and ethnic groups were welcome. These amendments made the US stronger and more excepting of different people. It made the United States the place it
is today, full of variety and love for all people.