After the 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868, white southerners continued to violently oppose Black civil rights. The fundamental story of the 14th Amendment, which extended citizenship to AfricanAmericans, has been overlooked.All persons lawfully in this country shall abide 'in any state' on an equality of legal privileges with all citizens under nondiscriminatory laws. 47 Thousands of blacks in Alabama jumped over all of the. Cook, on June 8, 1964. Approved as one of the Reconstruction Amendments, it is one of the most important American amendments to the present day. § 227(b)(1)(A)(iii): The government debt collection exemption to the robocall restriction in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. That promote greater equity and inclusion in State government. 13, The African-American Equity Commission works directly with the.