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27 October, 02:31
Civil rights act of 1866
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Civil Rights Act of 1866
Great Seal of the United States
Long title An Act to protect all Persons in the United States in their Civil Rights and liberties, and furnish the Means of their Vindication.
Acronyms (colloquial) CRA 1866
Enacted by the 39th United States Congress
Effective April 9, 1866
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Public law 14 Stat. 27-30
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 61 by Sen. Lyman Trumbull (R-IL) on January 5, 1866
Committee consideration by Judiciary
Passed the Senate on February 2, 1866 (33-12)
Passed the House on March 13, 1866 (34 "not voting") (111-38)
Vetoed by President Andrew Johnson on March 27, 1866
Overridden by the Senate on April 6, 1866 (33-15)
Overridden by the House and became law on April 9, 1866 (21 "not voting") (122-41)
Major amendments
Civil Rights Act of 1991 (Section 1981) P. L. 102-166
United States Supreme Court cases
Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. (1968)
Saint Francis College v. al-Khazraji (1987)
Domino's Pizza, Inc. v. McDonald (2006)
The Civil Rights Act of 1866, 14 Stat. 27-30, enacted April 9, 1866, was the first United States federal law to define citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law.[1] It was mainly intended, in the wake of the American Civil War, to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent born in or brought to the United States.
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The Civil Rights Act of 1866, 14 Stat. 27-30, enacted April 9, 1866, was the first United States federal law to define citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law ... This legislation was passed by Congress in 1865 and vetoed by U. S. President Andrew Johnson.
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