Civil Rights Act
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Several [[United States]] laws have been called a '''Civil Rights Act''':
* [[Civil Rights Act of 1866]] aimed to buttress Civil Rights Laws to protect freedmen and to grant full citizenship to those born on U.S. soil except [[Native Americans in the United States|Indian]]s. While President [[Andrew Johnson]] vetoed the bill, the veto was overridden by [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congress]].
* [[Civil Rights Act of 1871]] was also known at the time as the "[[Ku Klux Klan]] Act" because one of main reasons for its passage was to protect southern blacks from the KKK by providing a civil remedy for abuses then being committed in the south.
* [[Civil Rights Act of 1875]] guaranteed [[African American|blacks]] the same treatment as [[whites]] in certain public places. This bill was ruled unconstitutional by the [[Civil Rights Cases]]. Subsequently legislation has used the [[interstate commerce clause]] as the basis for legislation.
* [[Civil Rights Act of 1957]] established a [[Civil Rights Commission]] (CRC) to protect individuals' rights to [[equal protection]] and permitted courts to grant injunctions in support of the CRC.
* [[Civil Rights Act of 1960]] established federal inspection of local voter registration polls.
* The historic [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]], a law prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin by federal and state governments as well as some public places.
* [[Civil Rights Act of 1968]] prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
* [[Civil Rights Act of 1991]] provided for the right to trial by jury on discrimination claims and introduced the possibility of emotional distress damages, while limiting the amount that a jury could award.
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