The 14 th Amendment to the US Constitution provides that, with few discrete exceptions, people born in the United States are citizens of this country. The Fourteenth Amendment addresses many aspects of citizenship and the rights of citizens.The digital collections of the Library of Congress contain a wide variety of primary source materials associated with the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution. The KKK Act –officially known as an "Act to enforce the Provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and for other Purposes" Facts: Gerald ("Jerry") Gault was a 15 year-old accused of making an obscene telephone call to a neighbor, Mrs. Cook, on June 8, 1964. Under the 14th Amendment, African Americans could now legally claim the same constitutional rights afforded to all American citizens. In the 1980 and 1990 rounds of redistricting, African American Democrats preferred districts with black majorities sufficient to elect an African American. Search this collection to find debate on the 14th Amendment (H. Members of Congress;; Federal, state, or local law enforcement agencies.