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Whose right is it? : the Fourteenth Amendment and the fight for equality /

"A crucial and timely investigation of the Fourteenth Amendment and the impact it's had-and continues to have-on our rights as citizens"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bajramovic, Hana (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Henry Holt and Company, [2024]
Series:Bajramovic, Hana. Whose right is it.
Subjects:
United States. > Constitution. > 14th Amendment > Juvenile literature.
United States. > Civil Rights Act of 1866.
Civil rights > United States.
Constitutional history > United States > Juvenile literature.
Due process of law > United States > Juvenile literature.
Equality before the law > United States > Juvenile literature.
United States > Politics and government > 1865-1877 > Juvenile literature.
Equal rights amendments > United States.
Civil rights > United States > History.
Equality before the law.
Equal rights amendments > United States > Juvenile literature.
Equality before the law > Juvenile literature.
Constitutional history > United States.
Due process of law > United States.
Equality before the law > United States.
United States > Politics and government > 1865-1877.
Equal Rights Amendment > États-Unis.
Droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Histoire.
Droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Interprétation.
Égalité devant la loi.
Equal Rights Amendment > États-Unis > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Histoire > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Interprétation > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Égalité devant la loi > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Droits de l'homme > États-Unis.
Histoire constitutionnelle > États-Unis > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Application régulière de la loi > États-Unis > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1865-1877 > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Civil rights > United States > Juvenile literature.
Discrimination > Juvenile literature.
Young adult nonfiction.
Table of Contents:
  • The Amendment that never was
  • The Civil War and the Civil Rights Act of 1866
  • The birth of the Fourteenth Amendment
  • Limiting the Fourteenth Amendment in Post-Civil War America
  • The gilded age and the due process "accordion"
  • The Supreme Court begins to restore rights after World War I
  • The fight to end racial discrimination
  • The fight for gender equality
  • The fight for immigrants' rights
  • The fight for LGBTQ+ rights.