Civil rights act of 1866

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

Citations

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.