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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Enforcement_Act_of_1871
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gptkbp:amendedBy
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gptkb:42_U.S.C._§_1983
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gptkbp:appliesTo
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:citation
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gptkb:17_Stat._13
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gptkbp:containsProvision
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federal intervention in states
suspension of habeas corpus
federal prosecution of civil rights violations
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gptkbp:dateEnacted
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April 20, 1871
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gptkbp:enactedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Congress
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gptkbp:historicalName
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gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Ku Klux Klan Act
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gptkbp:legacy
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basis for modern civil rights litigation
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Enforcement_Acts
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gptkbp:protectedBy
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gptkb:African-American
gptkb:activist
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gptkbp:purpose
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combat Ku Klux Klan violence and protect civil rights
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gptkbp:relatedGroup
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Ku Klux Klan
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gptkbp:section1983
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allows lawsuits against government officials for civil rights violations
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gptkbp:signedBy
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gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
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gptkbp:usedIn
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Supreme Court cases
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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