Monday, March 31, 2008

The Civil Rights Act of 1875 By Georgia and Claire C.

The Civil Rights Act of 1875 was found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1883, but the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (the above picture) covers the same issue.

Charles Sumner was one of
the people who helped to inspire
the Civil Rights Act of 1875,
even thoght it wasn't passed until
after his death

Ulysses S. Grant was president when the Civil Rights act of 1875 was passed.
These are the pictures of the 16 African Americans who served in congress when the Civil rights act of 1875 was passed. Many of them gave speeches about the Civil Rights Act of 1875.


John Roy Lynch (born September 10, 1847; died November 2, 1939) was one of the first African American members of the House of representatives.










2 comments:

BelThorne said...
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pica said...

why was it not passed?
~erin