Civil Rights
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...term is broader than "political rights," which refer...African Americans an equal political and legal status were the Civil Rights Acts of 1866, 1870, 1871, and 1875. Those acts bestowed upon African...such freedoms as the right to sue and be sued...property. The 1866 act was of dubious constitutionality...Amendment . The fourth Civil Rights Act attempted to guarantee...