In a memo to Justice Department staff on her first day in office, Attorney General Pam Bondi urged the department to target ...

As part of the successful effort to advance racial equality, many mass gatherings and actions were performed over the ...

For example, in 1866, only a year after the war had ended ... rights legislation try to accomplish? Eric Foner: The Civil Rights Act of 1875 is the last major piece of Reconstruction legislation.

A discussion of the development of civil rights law in the US through the enactment of key legislation and formation of the ...

Congress had enacted the Civil Rights Act of 1866 largely in response to perceived Southern oppression of the freed slaves, particularly in the form of “Black Codes” enacted in the former ...

Lincoln’s successor, Democrat Andrew Johnson, vetoed the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and strongly resisted the passage of the 14th Amendment, which ensured equal rights and protections under the ...

Soon after Congress had overturned President Andrew Johnson’s veto of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, it passed the Fourteenth Amendment and sent it to the states for approval. This was to counter ...

In 2005, though, Mr. Eastman explained that the 14th Amendment was based on a previous law, the 1866 Civil Rights Act, “which quite clearly exempted from the automatic citizenship provisions children ...

Black History Month is an annual observance centered on celebrating the history, heritage, cultural influence and social ...

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a cornerstone of U.S. civil rights law, prohibiting discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, and sex. This landmark legislation outlawed segregation ...