The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" id="mw6Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution">14th Amendment to the United States Constitution</a> is ratified, guaranteeing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Americans" id="mw6g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="African Americans">African Americans</a> full citizenship and all persons in the United States <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Due_process" id="mw6w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Due process">due process</a> of law.