The Civil Rights Act of 1875
A Reexamination
by Richard A. Gerber and Alan Friedlander
Professors of History
Southern Connecticut State University

---

    The Civil Rights Act of 1875 passed Congress in the waning days of Reconstruction on March 1, 1875. The statute, intended to benefit the recently freed African-American population, banned racial discrimination in public accommodations- hotels, public conveyances and places of public amusement.
     The original proposal had also included public school desegregation, but that section was stricken at the last moment. Then the U.S. Supreme Court in 1883 declared the entire 1875 law unconstitutional. Not until 1964 would racial equality in public accommodations once again become law.

Authors:
Richard A. Gerber and Alan Friedlander
Professors of History
Southern Connecticut State University

---

Home  About the book  About the academy  Buy the book

---

Living With Stalin's Ghost
by Bruce C. Daniels - a new understanding of post-Communist Russia

---

Part political commentary, part journalism, part comparative history,
and part an observant friend, this memoir will entertain readers
and give them a new understanding of post-Communist Russia.

Bruce C. Daniels is the Gilbert M. Denman Endowed Professor
of American History at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

---

Home  About the book  About the author  About the academy  Buy the book

---