Dec 30, 2009

Salem on History | Civil Rights Cases

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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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Salem on History | Civil Rights Cases

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Summary of Event

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