The Amendment to the U.S.Constitution appeared to guarantee equal rights for blacks.

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The Fourteenth Amendment, passed in 1868, granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States, including former slaves, and guaranteed them equal protection under the law. It effectively overturned the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision, which had denied citizenship to Black people. While discrimination and segregation persisted for many years after the amendment's passage, it laid the groundwork for legal challenges to these practices and paved the way for further civil rights advancements in the 20th century.