The Fourteenth Amendment and the fight for equality

Introduction

Part I: The Constitution. The amendment that never was ; The Civil War and the Civil Rights Act of 1866 ; The birth of the Fourteenth Amendment

Part II: The Supreme Court. Limiting the Fourteenth Amendment in post-Civil War America ; The Gilded Age and the Due Process accordion ; The Supreme Court begins to restore rights after World War I

Part III: The People. The fight to end racial discrimination ; The fight for gender equality ; The fight for immigrants' rights ; The fight for LGBTQ+ rights

Conclusion.