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Preferred term
Civil Rights Act of 1875
Definition
- Federal law passed by Congress in 1875 that stated that all persons, regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude, are entitled to the “full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges of inns, public conveyances on land or water, theaters and other places of public amusement; subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law.” Although the Civil Rights Act of 1875 was later declared unconstitutional, when it was passed, it was a landmark piece of civil rights legislation and would not be followed by another such act for nearly 100 years. The Civil Rights Act of 1875, introduced in Congress by Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner and Massachusetts Representative Benjamin Butler, was passed by a lame-duck, Republican-controlled Congress on March 1, 1875. [Source: Encyclopedia of African American Society; Civil Rights Act of 1875]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1875
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