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Civil Rights Act of 1875, U.S. legislation, and the last of the major Reconstruction statutes, which guaranteed African Americans equal treatment in public transportation and public accommodations and service on juries. The U.S. Supreme Court declared the act unconstitutional in the Civil Rights.
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The Civil Rights Act of 1875, sometimes called the Enforcement Act or the Force Act, was a United States federal law enacted during the Reconstruction era in response to civil rights violations against African Americans.
Summary. As early as 1870, Republican Senator Charles Sumner sought to protect African Americans from discrimination in public conveyances. He believed a civil rights act protecting access to public accommodation would be the permanent legacy of Reconstruction.
the Civil Rights Act of 1875 was virtually a new experiment in the use of federal power. Why Congress came, in 1875, to use this power, constitutes one of the most interesting aspects of Reconstruction history. The Civil Rights Bill had a five-year history in Congress before it became law. Charles Sumner of Massachusetts introduced the
The Civil Rights Act of 1875 was the last civil rights legislation passed during the Reconstruction period. Parts of it was overturned in 1883 when the Supreme Court ruled the Act illegal. The Civil Rights Act of 1875 was enacted as law on March 1 st 1875 by President Ulysses Grant.
In 1875, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act, which guaranteed all persons equal access to public accommodations, including theaters, hotels, and transportation, and allowed anyone denied services on account of race to seek restitution in federal court.
The Fourteenth Amendment ratified several crucial civil rights clauses. The natural born citizenship clause overturned the 1857 supreme court case, Dred Scott v. Sandford, which stated that descendants of African slaves could not be citizens of the United States.
