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The Civil Rights Act of 1875, sometimes called the Enforcement Act [a] or the Force Act, was a United States federal law enacted during the Reconstruction era in response to civil rights violations against African Americans.
The Enforcement Act of 1871 (second act) and the Civil Rights Act of 1875 are very similar to the original act as they all have the same goal, but revised the first act with the intention of being more effective. The Act of 1871 has more severe punishments with larger fines for disregarding the regulations, and the prison sentences vary in length.
The act gave President Grant the power to create a board of Commissioners "eminent for their intelligence and philanthropy." [ 13 ] Grant was determined to put in public service-minded men, not subject to being influenced by patronage, that had previously plagued the Indian Bureau. [ 13 ]
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin. [7] It prohibits unequal application of voter registration requirements, racial segregation in schools and public accommodations, and employment discrimination. The act ...
OPINION: Part two of theGrio’s Black History Month series explores the myths, misunderstandings and mischaracterizations of the struggle for civil rights. The post Black History/White Lies: The ...
Harlan J would have held the Civil Rights Act of 1875 valid, because people were left "practically at the mercy of corporations and individuals wielding power under public authority". His judgment went as follows. John Marshall Harlan became known as the "Great Dissenter" for his fiery dissent in Civil Rights Cases and other early civil rights ...
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s Act 10, which restricted public employees’ collective bargaining rights, is unconstitutional under the state’s equal protection clause according to a ...
A Black high school student in Texas has served more than two weeks of in-school suspensions for wearing twisted dreadlocks to school. When he arrived Monday with the same hairstyle, he was ...