How did the civil rights act of 1875 affect African Americans

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How did the civil rights act of 1875 affect African Americans

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Civil Rights Act of 1875, U. S. legislation, and the last of the major Reconstruction statutes, which guaranteed African Americans equal treatment in public transportation and public accommodations and service on juries. The U. S. Supreme Court declared the act unconstitutional in the Civil Rights Cases (1883).