Civil Rights Act of 1864

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:legislation
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Confederate_Congress
gptkbp:affects gptkb:African_Americans
gptkbp:amended_by gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkbp:consequences established civil rights protections
gptkbp:controversy debate over federal vs. state rights
gptkbp:cultural_impact inspired civil rights activists
gptkbp:effective_date 1864-04-09
gptkbp:enacted_by gptkb:legislation
gptkb:Politician
gptkbp:enforces gptkb:Civil_Rights_Division
Federal courts
gptkbp:historical_context post-Civil War America
gptkbp:historical_debate effectiveness of enforcement
gptkbp:historical_significance foundation for future civil rights laws
first step towards equality
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Civil Rights Act of 1864
gptkbp:impact gptkb:political_movement
gptkbp:includes_provisions_for prohibition of discrimination
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Thirteenth_Amendment
gptkbp:is_aimed_at freedmen
gptkbp:is_implemented_in gptkb:U._S._Department_of_Justice
gptkbp:is_opposed_by gptkb:Southern_Democrats
gptkbp:is_supported_by abolitionists
gptkbp:jurisdiction gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:key_figures gptkb:Henry_Ward_Beecher_Jr.
gptkb:John_Lewis
gptkb:Frederick_Douglass
gptkb:Greta_Thunberg
gptkb:H._E._Malala_Yousafzai
gptkb:Sojourner_Truth
gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:Andrew_Johnson
gptkb:Bobby_Seale
gptkb:Desmond_Tutu
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:W._E._B._Du_Bois
gptkb:Ella_Baker
gptkb:A._Philip_Randolph
gptkb:Angela_Davis
gptkb:Cesar_Chavez
gptkb:Charles_Sumner
gptkb:Ida_B._Wells
gptkb:Bayard_Rustin
gptkb:Huey_P._Newton
gptkb:James_Weldon_Johnson
gptkb:Fannie_Lou_Hamer
gptkb:Mary_Church_Terrell
gptkb:Malcolm_X
gptkb:Nelson_Mandela
gptkb:Rosa_Parks
gptkb:Stokely_Carmichael
gptkb:Diane_Nash
gptkb:Julian_Bond
gptkb:Wendell_Phillips
gptkb:Dolores_Huerta
gptkb:Kwame_Nkrumah
gptkb:Thaddeus_Stevens
gptkb:Booker_T._Washington
gptkbp:legacy influence on later civil rights legislation
gptkbp:legal_issue Supreme Court rulings
gptkbp:legislation gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1875
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1866
gptkbp:purpose to protect the civil rights of individuals
gptkbp:related_event gptkb:Reconstruction_Amendments
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
gptkbp:repealed_by gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1875
gptkbp:signed_by gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkbp:significance first federal law to define citizenship