History of the United States II / Unit 1 USH2 0030 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Civil Rights Act of 1875
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The idea
The Civil Rights Act of March eighteen seventy-five required equal treatment in public places and barred excluding African Americans from juries.
In practice
Equal access to public places written into federal law, ten years after the war.
Where people slip
The Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional in eighteen eighty-three. Digital History notes that a clause banning segregated schools was defeated.
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