Civil Rights Act of 1866

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The Civil Rights Act of 1866 is a landmark U.S. federal law that established citizenship and equal civil rights for all persons born in the United States, particularly protecting the rights of formerly enslaved people after the Civil War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
civil rights law ⓘ
aimedAt protecting rights of African Americans ⓘ
protecting rights of formerly enslaved people ⓘ
alsoKnownAs An Act to protect all Persons in the United States in their Civil Rights, and furnish the Means of their Vindication ⓘ
appliesTo formerly enslaved people in the United States ⓘ
persons born in the United States ⓘ
chamber United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
declares all persons born in the United States are citizens ⓘ
defines birthright citizenship ⓘ
enactedAfter American Civil War ⓘ
enforcedBy federal courts of the United States ⓘ
follows Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
guarantees right to be parties and give evidence in court ⓘ
right to convey property ⓘ
right to hold property ⓘ
right to inherit ⓘ
right to lease property ⓘ
right to make and enforce contracts ⓘ
right to purchase property ⓘ
right to sell property ⓘ
right to sue ⓘ
historicalPeriod Reconstruction Era ⓘ
linked to: Reconstruction era
influencedBy Reconstruction Era policies ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
legalBasisFor 42 U.S.C. § 1981 ⓘ
42 U.S.C. § 1982 ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
mainSubject citizenship ⓘ
civil rights ⓘ
racial equality ⓘ
overrides Black Codes ⓘ
precedes Civil Rights Act of 1870 ⓘ
Civil Rights Act of 1871 ⓘ
Civil Rights Act of 1957 ⓘ
Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
prohibits deprivation of rights under color of law ⓘ
racial discrimination in civil rights ⓘ
providesFor equal benefit of all laws for security of person and property ⓘ
relatedTo Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
signedBy Andrew Johnson ⓘ
startTime 1866 ⓘ
vetoedBy Andrew Johnson ⓘ
vetoOverrideBy United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
vetoStatus vetoed and overridden ⓘ
yearEnacted 1866 ⓘ

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Thirteenth Amendment → enforcedBy → Civil Rights Act of 1866 ⓘ
Reconstruction era → significantEvent → Civil Rights Act of 1866 ⓘ
Civil Rights Act of 1866 → alsoKnownAs → An Act to protect all Persons in the United States in their Civil Rights, and furnish the Means of their Vindication ⓘ
linked to: Civil Rights Act of 1866
Radical Republicanism → supported → Civil Rights Act of 1866 ⓘ
Civil Rights Act of 1875 → relatedTo → Civil Rights Act of 1866 ⓘ
Black Codes → ledTo → Civil Rights Act of 1866 ⓘ
Equal Protection Clause → influencedBy → Civil Rights Act of 1866 ⓘ
Civil Rights Act of 1870 → relatedTo → Civil Rights Act of 1866 ⓘ
Runyon v. McCrary → relatedTo → Civil Rights Act of 1866 ⓘ
Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. → relatedTo → Civil Rights Act of 1866 ⓘ
Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. → interprets → Civil Rights Act of 1866 § 1 ⓘ
linked to: Civil Rights Act of 1866
39th United States Congress → knownFor → Civil Rights Act of 1866 ⓘ
39th United States Congress → passedAct → Civil Rights Act of 1866 ⓘ