Under the 14th Amendment, African Americans could now legally claim the same constitutional rights afforded to all American citizens. Ratified in 1868, it was one of three amendments to the U.S. Constitution designed to grant full citizenship rights to formerly enslaved people.Section Five of the Fourteenth Amendment vests Congress with the authority to adopt "appropriate" legislation to enforce the other parts of the Amendment. The 14th Amendment covers equal protection and other enumerated rights. Section Three covers disqualification from holding office. Set up a course in just a few minutes. Create Your Course, Grade Book, Create assignments and quizzes for your class, Course Administration. Fewer than 1 in 1,000 U.S. adolescents with commercial insurance received gender-affirming medications during a recent five-year period.