Civil Rights Act of 1875
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The Civil Rights Act of 1875 was a U.S. federal law enacted during Reconstruction that aimed to guarantee African Americans equal access to public accommodations and jury service, though it was later struck down by the Supreme Court.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Civil Rights Act of 1875 canonical | 9 |
| Civil Rights Cases | 2 |
| Civil Rights Act of 1875 enforcement controversies | 1 |
| Enforcement Act of 1875 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T70373 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Civil Rights Act of 1875 Context triple: [Reconstruction era, significantEvent, Civil Rights Act of 1875]
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A.
Civil Rights Act of 1866
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 is a landmark U.S. federal law that established citizenship and equal civil rights for all persons born in the United States, particularly protecting the rights of formerly enslaved people after the Civil War.
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B.
Civil Rights Act of 1957
The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was the first major U.S. civil rights legislation since Reconstruction, aimed primarily at protecting African Americans’ voting rights and establishing a federal Civil Rights Division in the Justice Department.
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C.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark U.S. federal law that outlawed segregation and major forms of discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, fundamentally reshaping American civil rights protections.
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D.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark U.S. federal law that outlawed discriminatory voting practices and enforced African Americans’ right to vote, especially in the South.
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E.
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine, legitimizing Jim Crow laws for decades.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Civil Rights Act of 1875 Target entity description: The Civil Rights Act of 1875 was a U.S. federal law enacted during Reconstruction that aimed to guarantee African Americans equal access to public accommodations and jury service, though it was later struck down by the Supreme Court.
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A.
Civil Rights Act of 1866
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 is a landmark U.S. federal law that established citizenship and equal civil rights for all persons born in the United States, particularly protecting the rights of formerly enslaved people after the Civil War.
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B.
Civil Rights Act of 1957
The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was the first major U.S. civil rights legislation since Reconstruction, aimed primarily at protecting African Americans’ voting rights and establishing a federal Civil Rights Division in the Justice Department.
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C.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark U.S. federal law that outlawed segregation and major forms of discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, fundamentally reshaping American civil rights protections.
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D.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark U.S. federal law that outlawed discriminatory voting practices and enforced African Americans’ right to vote, especially in the South.
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E.
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine, legitimizing Jim Crow laws for decades.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal statute
ⓘ
civil rights law ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Civil Rights Act of 1875
ⓘ
surface form:
Enforcement Act of 1875
|
| appliesTo |
inns
ⓘ
other places of public amusement ⓘ public accommodations ⓘ public conveyances on land ⓘ public conveyances on water ⓘ theaters ⓘ |
| constitutionalBasisClaimed |
Fourteenth Amendment
ⓘ
surface form:
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Thirteenth Amendment ⓘ
surface form:
Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dateEnacted | 1875-03-01 ⓘ |
| dateStruckDown | 1883-10-15 ⓘ |
| declaredUnconstitutionalBy | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| effectOnFederalPower | limited federal authority to prohibit private racial discrimination ⓘ |
| enactedIn | Reconstruction era ⓘ |
| enforcementMechanism | federal courts ⓘ |
| fullTitle | An act to protect all citizens in their civil and legal rights ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | last major civil rights law of the Reconstruction era ⓘ |
| influenced |
Civil Rights Act of 1964
ⓘ
later federal civil rights legislation ⓘ |
| introducedBy |
Benjamin F. Butler
ⓘ
Charles Sumner ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| legislativeBody | United States Congress ⓘ |
| legislativeChamberOfOrigin | United States Senate ⓘ |
| limitedByCourtCase |
Civil Rights Act of 1875
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Civil Rights Cases
|
| penaltyType | criminal penalties for violators ⓘ |
| politicalContext | post–Civil War Reconstruction ⓘ |
| prohibited |
exclusion of citizens from jury service on the basis of race
ⓘ
racial discrimination in public accommodations ⓘ |
| protectedClass |
Black Americans
ⓘ
surface form:
African Americans
all citizens of the United States ⓘ |
| purpose |
to guarantee African Americans equal access to jury service
ⓘ
to guarantee African Americans equal access to public accommodations ⓘ to guarantee African Americans equal access to public transportation ⓘ to protect all citizens in their civil and legal rights ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Civil Rights Act of 1866
ⓘ
Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ Civil Rights Act of 1875 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Civil Rights Cases
|
| sectionAddressed |
equal enjoyment of public accommodations
ⓘ
non-discrimination in jury selection ⓘ |
| signedBy | Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ |
| status | struck down as unconstitutional in part ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
jury service rights
ⓘ
public accommodations law ⓘ racial equality ⓘ |
| yearEnacted | 1875 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Civil Rights Act of 1875 Description of subject: The Civil Rights Act of 1875 was a U.S. federal law enacted during Reconstruction that aimed to guarantee African Americans equal access to public accommodations and jury service, though it was later struck down by the Supreme Court.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Enforcement Act of 1875
this entity surface form:
Civil Rights Cases
this entity surface form:
Civil Rights Cases
subject surface form:
The Civil Rights Cases
subject surface form:
The Civil Rights Cases
this entity surface form:
Civil Rights Act of 1875 enforcement controversies