,A New Birth of Freedom: The Forgotten History of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments

A New Birth of Freedom: The Forgotten History of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments


 

Publication Date: January 2004

Publisher: Brennan Center for Justice

Author(s): J.J. Gass; Nathan Newman

Research Area: Human rights; Law and ethics

Keywords: Federal Jurisprudence; Civil Rights; State Autonomy

Type: Report

Abstract:

This paper aims to revive the memory of the New Birth Framers and their work and to debunk the claim that the Courts anti-equality agenda has any support in the history of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.