Eric Foner: The Civil Rights Act of 1875 is the last major piece ... But the Civil rights Law of 1866, and of course the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, remain in the Constitution.
Black History Month is an annual observance centered on celebrating the history, heritage, cultural influence and social ...
President Donald Trump's orders on civil rights are a stunning blow to America’s 60-year fight against discrimination.
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 ...