Civil Rights Act of 1875

Civil Rights Act of 1875

Long title	An act to protect all citizens in their civil and legal rights.
Acronyms (colloquial)	CRA 1875
Nicknames	Enforcement Act, Force Act, and Sumner Civil Rights Bill
Enacted by	the 43rd United States Congress
Citations
Statutes at Large	USStat 18 335-337
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 1 by Sen. Charles Sumner (R-MA) on May 13, 1870[1] Committee consideration by Senate Judiciary Passed the House on February 4, 1875 (162–99) Passed the Senate on February 27, 1875 (38–26) Signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1875
United States Supreme Court cases
The Civil Rights Cases (1883)

The Civil Rights Act of 1875 (18 Stat. 335–337),^[2] sometimes called Enforcement Act or Force Act, was a United States federal law enacted during the Reconstruction era to guarantee African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prevent being excluded from jury duty. The bill was passed by the 43rd United States Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1875. Several years later, the Supreme Court ruled in Civil Rights Cases (1833) that sections of the act were unconstitutional.

1. ↑ "Civil Rights Bill of 1875, Legislative Interests, The Fifteenth Amendment in Flesh and Blood, Black Americans in Congress series". Retrieved November 12, 2012.
2. ↑ "U.S. Statutes at Large, 43rd Congress, Session II, chapter 114, pages 335–337" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 2, 2012. Retrieved November 13, 2012.