AANHPI History Calendar

· Washington, D.C.

Fourteenth Amendment Ratified

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The 14th Amendment guaranteed birthright citizenship and equal protection-the constitutional foundation later used by Asian Americans in United States v. Wong Kim Ark (birthright citizenship) and Yick Wo v. Hopkins (equal protection). (Shares Jul 9 with the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act.)

Topics
  • citizenship
  • law
  • equal protection
Regions
  • pan-Asian

Sources

  • archives.gov archives.gov/milestone-documents/14th-amendment
  • senate.gov senate.gov/about/origins-foundations/senate-and-constitution/14th-amendment.htm

Also on July 9

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Hawaiian Homes Commission Act Signed

President Harding signed the act, championed by Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole, setting aside about 200,000 acres of land for homesteading by Native Hawaiians.