23 Jan 1866 Jahr - Civil Rights Act of 1866

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Congress Passed it over Johnson's veto.

The bill mandated that "all persons born in the United States," with the exception of American Indians, were "hereby declared to be citizens of the United States." The legislation granted all citizens the “full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property.”

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