As a Massachusetts senator during the years leading up to the Civil War, Sumner was a passionate and committed abolitionist.

Legal minds will have their opportunity to shape the future policies of our land, and I pray they have the grace and wisdom ...

It is often referred to as “America’s Second Independence Day,” highlighting the distinct path to freedom that Black ...

On June 19, 1865, two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Union soldiers rode through ...

Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021 when then-President Joe Biden signed bipartisan legislation into law, officially ...

Juneteenth 2025 is this week. Here's what to know about the federal holiday, why it's celebrated and its origins.

After the Civil War, the 13th Amendment ended slavery ... The three amendments of the Reconstruction era radically transformed American life and the role of the federal government.

It took the creation of the Emancipation Proclamation, the end of the Civil War, and the passage of the 13th Amendment to finally end slavery throughout the nation.” Other reconstruction ...

are powerful but not always historically helpful ways to conceive of the 13th Amendment and the other two Reconstruction amendments. While slavery did not create the American republic, the ...

In both scenarios, these children would not automatically be granted citizenship despite being born on American soil ... officially established by the 13th Amendment in 1865, marked a significant ...

The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments are known as the “Reconstruction ... of them get stripped from American history? No U.S. president has ever gone after the 14th Amendment before, but Trump ...

For one, it clearly states that American citizenship is a birthright ... and three other related clauses. The 14th Amendment is known as a Reconstruction amendment, because it was added to the ...