The Fourteenth Amendment granted citizenship to black citizens, and states were required to ratify this amendment in order to be
re-admitted into the Union after the Civil War. Though they passed this amendment in 1868, the House of Representatives and Senate of Georgia soon removed the black members from the Assembly, on the grounds that the state constitution did not recognize blacks' rights to hold public office. How did black leaders respond to this removal?
The Fourteenth Amendment declared African-Americans residents and preserved residents from biased state legislation.
Southern states were needed to confirm the Fourteenth Amendment before being adding to the federation.
The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, In 1868 and awarded citizenship to all characters born or adopted in the United States including previous slaves.
