The Civil Rights Act of 1866 from Reconstruction to Today
by
Michael Vorenberg, Rebecca Zietlow, Michael Les Benedict
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2018
In this volume ten expert historians and legal scholars examine the Civil Rights Act of 1866, the first federal civil rights statute in American history. The act declared that all persons born in the United States were citizens without regard to race, color, or previous condition of slavery. Designed...