Civil Rights Cases Strike Down 1875 Act, Legitimizing Jim Crow
The Supreme Court declares the Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional in an 8-1 decision, ruling that the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments do not empower Congress to outlaw racial discrimination by private individuals—thereby legitimizing the Jim Crow system of racial segregation that will …
U.S. Supreme Court
Joseph P. Bradley
John Marshall Harlan
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