The thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments attempted to grant civil rights to African Americans following the abolition of slavery. The thirteenth amendment states that neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall exist in the United States. The fourteenth amendment states all people born in the U.S are American citizens and provides equal protection under the law. The fifteenth amendment states that the right to vote shall not be denied due to race or color. In 1865 congress passed some civil rights acts in order to enforce the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendment. Though acts were passed attempting to end discrimination many were ineffective in providing equality for African Americans. The Plessy v. Ferguson case declared
