Pornography and Civil Rights: A New Day for Women's Equality

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Civil rights as we understand them are new, not old.

Equality was not a constitutional principle or legal imperative in 1776. The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution were passed in 1865, 1868,

and 1870, not in 1776. They made slavery illegal, introduced

the principle of equal protection under the law, and gave Black

men the vote. The first civil-rights statutes were passed in the

same period to help undo the effects of slavery. Still, the after-

math of slavery was segregation. The Supreme Court decided

to outlaw segregation in public schooling in 1954, not in 1776

or 1868. Modern civil-rights acts to dismantle segregation and

prohibit discrimination were passed in 1957, 1960, 1964, and

1968, not in 1776 or 1868. The Voting Rights Act was passed

in 1965, not in 1776 or 1868. In the United States for most of

its history, Black people were virtual y excised from the body

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