The 1866 Civil Rights Act is a federal law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, and ethnicity when making and enforcing contracts.

President Andrew Johnson vetoed the Civil Rights Act of 1866 but was overruled by Congress. In recent years, the law has been co-opted by conservative activists fighting to eradicate diversity ...

In 1964, almost 100 years after the Civil Rights Act of 1866 was passed, Congress passed Public Law 88-352 (78 Stat. 241), with President Lyndon Baines Johnson signing it into law.

Those lawsuits accuse all three of violating Section 1981 of the 1866 Civil Rights Act, a law enacted after the Civil War that guarantees all people the same right to make and enforce contracts ...

The Trump administration has identified three ways it plans to use to put pressure on companies to eliminate their “DEI” programs: Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, Title VII, and ...

The American Alliance for Equal Rights, which challenges race-based policies, is suing two law firms for their diversity fellowships after the outlaw of affirmative action by the Supreme Court.

On his second day in office, President Donald Trump labeled O.F.C.C.P.’s efforts to enforce the 1964 Civil Rights Act illegal ...

It's been 60 years since the 1964 Civil Rights Act was signed into law. Across the country, civil rights groups, scholars and others have commemorated the landmark law with panels, comprehensive ...

Originally enacted as part of the Civil Rights Act of 1866,, Section 1983 is typically associated with suits claiming local state officials such as police officers have violated a person's Fourth ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the 1964 Civil Rights Act with the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. standing behind him. This year is the 60th anniversary of the act being enacted into law.