Welcoming Ruin - The Civil Rights Act of 1875 (Paperback)

The Civil Rights Act of 1875, enacted March 1, 1875, banned racial discrimination in public accommodations-hotels, public conveyances, and places of public amusement. In 1883 the US Supreme Court declared the law unconstitutional, ushering in generations of segregation until 1964. This first full-length study of the Act covers the years of debates in Congress and some forty state studies of the midterm elections of 1874 in which many supporting Republicans lost their seats. They returned to pass the Act in the short session of Congress. This book utilizes an army of primary sources from unpublished manuscripts, rare newspaper accounts, memoir materials, and official documents to demonstrate that Republicans were motivated primarily by an ideology that civil equality would produce social order in the defeated southern states.

General

Imprint:	Haymarket Books
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Studies in Critical Social Sciences
Release date:	April 2020
Authors:	Alan Friedlander • Richard Allan Gerber
Dimensions:	228 x 152 x 41mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	692
ISBN-13:	978-1-64259-074-6
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Legal history Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > Civil rights & citizenship Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Constitutional & administrative law > Citizenship & nationality law > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Promotions
LSN:	1-64259-074-6
Barcode:	9781642590746

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