Civil Rights Cases
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, Court Cases, Rulings, Appeals, Supreme Court, U.S., Laws, Acts, Legislation
- Curriculum: African American History, American History 1878-1900
- Geographical Location: Washington, D.C.
- Date: October 15, 1883
Article abstract: The U.S. Supreme Court finds the Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional.
Summary of Event
The Civil Rights Act of 1875 proved to be the last piece of Reconstruction law passed by Congress to ensure that former slaves and their descendants would not be denied their rights as citizens. Partly as a tribute to Charles Sumner, who had fought tirelessly for civil rights during his lifetime and who had died the previous year, his fellow senators approved the legislation. Sumner had held that the Thirteenth Amendment, in addition to...
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