<P> The Civil Rights Act of 1875 ( 18 Stat. 335 -- 337 ) , sometimes called Enforcement Act or Force Act , was a United States federal law enacted during the Reconstruction Era in response to civil rights violations to African Americans , `` to protect all citizens in their civil and legal rights '' , giving them equal treatment in public accommodations , public transportation , and to prohibit exclusion from jury service . The bill was passed by the 43rd United States Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1 , 1875 . The law was generally opposed by public opinion , but blacks did favor it . It was not effectively enforced and historian William Gillette says the passage of the law was an `` insignificant victory . '' Eight years later , the Supreme Court ruled in Civil Rights Cases ( 1883 ) that the public accommodation sections of the act were unconstitutional , saying Congress was not afforded control over private persons or corporations . </P>
<P> The Civil Rights Act of 1875 ( 18 Stat. 335 -- 337 ) , sometimes called Enforcement Act or Force Act , was a United States federal law enacted during the Reconstruction Era in response to civil rights violations to African Americans , `` to protect all citizens in their civil and legal rights '' , giving them equal treatment in public accommodations , public transportation , and to prohibit exclusion from jury service . The bill was passed by the 43rd United States Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1 , 1875 . The law was generally opposed by public opinion , but blacks did favor it . It was not effectively enforced and historian William Gillette says the passage of the law was an `` insignificant victory . '' Eight years later , the Supreme Court ruled in Civil Rights Cases ( 1883 ) that the public accommodation sections of the act were unconstitutional , saying Congress was not afforded control over private persons or corporations . </P>
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