The 14th amendment of the United States Constitution was initially based on the Civil Rights Act of 1866. The Civil Rights Act of 1866 was enacted after the Civil War and defeat of the southern states, which were fighting to maintain slavery. The 39th Congress submitted the proposed amendment to the states on June 13, 1866. On July 9, 1868, South Carolina approved the amendment, the 28th state to do so. This meant that three-fourths of the thirty-seven states at that time had approved the amendment and it became part of the United States Constitution. The 14th amendment guarantees to all citizens equal protection under the law.

After the law was put into place African Americans still faced the struggles of segregation and discrimina

In conclusion of this report about the history of inequality in the United States and how it progressed to equality. Even though laws for equality have been enforced, there still is not full equality for minorities and women. Today, there are still issues on whether certain policies hold up to what the constitution states.

In December 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. met with Lyndon B. Johnson. King complained that many states still discriminated against African American voting. Johnson called for a voting rights law which was signed on August 6, 1965. The law made it illegal for the states to discriminate against black voters with things like literacy tests. Federal examiners could supervise elections in states with a history of discrimination. By January, 1966, more than 90,000 new African American voters had been registered to vote in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and South Carolina.

The biggest issue faced today in the United States of America is related to the 14th amendment and equality. Affirmative action which originated from the civil rights movement three decades ago, calls for minorities and women to be given special consideration in employment, education, and contracting decisions. This policy is unconstitutional, yet still has been going on for all these years. There is no doubt that this policy does not hold up to

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