"In some ways, the 14th Amendment is the original articulation that Black lives matter," says civil rights attorney Damon ...

The 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the U.S. Constitution — ratified between 1865 and 1870 — were also critical in moving the country forward after the Civil War.

1865-1877, Reconstruction: The passing of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments outlawed slavery and made formerly enslaved people American citizens with all the rights inherent to White citizens.

More than any other individual, Chief Justice Roberts has paved the way for the resurgence of racism in America. Trump and ...

Ken Griffin paid a record $13.7M for the 13th Amendment and $4.4 million for the Emancipation Proclamation. Both documents were signed by Abraham Lincoln.

As the U.S. Supreme Court weighs Trump’s executive order to restrict birthright citizenship, learn what the 14th Amendment says and where the legal battle stands today.

Ken Griffin bought an Abraham Lincoln–signed copy of the 13th Amendment, for $13.7 million, and the Emancipation Proclamation, from Sotheby's.

Griffin reset the record for any document signed by Lincoln when he paid Sotheby’s $13.7 million on Thursday for a rare, handwritten copy of the 13th Amendment.

The U.S. Supreme Court handed President Trump a win by lifting blocks on his efforts to end birthright citizenship for undocumented immigrants.

How did the Supreme Court rule on birthright citizenship case? Donald Trump can plan how he would end a right long guaranteed by the 14th Amendment.