The 1790 Naturalization Act reserves naturalized citizenship for whites only. African Americans are not guaranteed citizenship until 1868, when the Fourteenth Amendment to the ...

The Naturalization Act of 1790 specified that “any alien, being a free white person,” could apply for citizenship, so long as he or she lived in the United States for at least two years, ...

About 20 service members from Camp Lejeune will be sworn in as U.S. citizens. Friday's naturalization ceremony at the Headquarters Building is the first time the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration ...

1790: Congress passes The Naturalization Act of 1790, allowing any free white person of “good character” who had resided in the United States for at least two years to apply for citizenship ...

The Naturalization Act of 1790 specified that “any alien, being a free white person,” could apply for citizenship, so long as he or she had lived in the United States for at least two years, ...