On July 9, 1868, the 14^th Amendment to the Constitution bestowed citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States and granted all people equal protection of the laws.

On June 8, 2020, New Generation of African American Philanthropists is marking its 14^th anniversary with The Bold Project and with an urgent call to Charlotte’s donors and funders to invest in the promise of America—which has been deferred for more than 152 years—by asserting Black lives matter and by giving black.