[6] See "Who got the right to vote when? A history of voting rights in America." [click here]
[7] All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws (14th Amendment).
[8] Baker v. Carr (1962) and Reynolds v. Sims (1964) guarantee that both houses of bicameral legislatures have to be apportioned according to population, thus enshrining in constitutional interpretation the principle of 'one person, one vote', giving meaning to the Declaration of Independence assertion that "all men are created equal."
[9] The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude (15th Amendment).
[10] "Jim Crow laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. Enacted by white Democrat-dominated state legislatures after the Reconstruction period, in the late 19th century, the laws were enforced until 1965. In practice, Jim Crow laws mandated racial segregation in all public facilities in the states of the former Confederate States of America, starting in the 1870s and 1880s, and were upheld in 1896, by the U.S. Supreme Court's "separate but equal" legal doctrine for African Americans, established with the court's decision in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson. Moreover, public education had essentially been segregated since its establishment in most of the South, after the Civil War (1861-65)" (Wikipedia, "Jim Crow Laws", accessed September 7, 2018).
[11] Some of the great historical milestones putting humanity on the path to equality include:
- The signing of the Magna Carta in 1215;
- The English Civil Wars (1642-1660);
- The English Bill of Rights of 1689;
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