This book uses primary sources to closely examine the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and to show how legal interpretations of it have had a profound impact on American life as we know it.

• Illuminates the significance of formative primary documents through annotations

• Includes primary documents ranging from Supreme Court decisions to presidential speeches

• Chronologically organizes important events in the history and development of the Equal Protection Clause in a timeline

• Provides a bibliography of valuable resources for further study of the Fourteenth Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause