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The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution stated that everyone born in the United States, including African Americans, were American citizens. It was ratified in 1868.
The dred Scott decision held that all African Americans, whether free or slave, were not citizens of the US, had no power to sue in court, and that the congress had no constitutional authority to end slavery.
Yes, African Americans did create paper. (Go African Americans!)
African Americans were prohibited to vote until 1865. In this year, the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the United States Constitution were made. This enabled African Americans to have freedom, become citizens and vote.
The Buffalo Soldiers, who were African American and did not have full civil rights and who were treated as second class citizens, were used to fight Native Americans, who did not have full civil rights and were treated as second class citizens.
but they were not counted as citizens
but they were not counted as citizens
African-Americans are first-class citizens just like anyone else who was either born in the United States or who are naturalized citizens.
Of course. African Americans are born in the US, so they are automatically citizens. To get more technical, if an African came to America and became naturalized, s/he'd be a US citizen.
All African Americans became citizens as a result of the 14th Amendment.
The requirement that was necessary for African Americans to become citizens undr the fourtheenth amendment was that they had to be born in the U.S.
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The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution stated that everyone born in the United States, including African Americans, were American citizens. It was ratified in 1868.
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no, african americans and native americans are both different.
constitutional amendments giving citizens ship rights to African-Americans