John Marshall Harlan

Civil Rights Cases Strike Down 1875 Act, Legitimizing Jim Crow

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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 …

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