It may not be as oft-quoted as the First Amendment or as contested as the Second Amendment, but the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution plays a critical role in supporting some of our ...
On July 9, 1868, the 14th Amendment was ratified to the U.S. Constitution, granting U.S. citizenship to Black Americans after hundreds of years of enslavement. The crucial amendment would later serve ...
Editor's note: This story was written in June of 2018. When “Amending America: The Bill of Rights” opens in Lancaster on Saturday, the traveling exhibit will find itself in a city that was home to a ...