Race Distinctions in American LawStephenson, Gilbert Thomas
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Race Distinctions in American Law
Stephenson, Gilbert Thomas
African Americans -- Politics and government; Law -- United States -- History; United States -- Race relations
The Federal Civil Rights Bill, as has been seen, was declared
unconstitutional in 1883, and the national government was thereby
declared impotent to secure for Negroes equality of accommodations in
public places. Thus the burden, as has been said before, was thrown upon
the States. Many of the States outside the South responded by adopting
bills which practically copied the Civil Rights Bill of 1875. The
following is a list of the States that have such Civil Rights Bills with
the dates of their adoption and amendments: Connecticut,[244] 1884 and
1905; Iowa,[245] 1884 and 1892; New Jersey,[246] 1884; Ohio,[247] 1884
and 1894; Colorado,[248] 1885 and 1895; Illinois,[249] 1885;
Indiana,[250] 1885; Massachusetts,[251] 1885, 1893, and 1895;
Michigan,[252] 1885; Minnesota,[253] 1885, 1897, and 1899;
Nebraska,[254] 1885 and 1893; Rhode Island,[255] 1885; New York,[256]
1893 and 1895; Pennsylvania,[257] 1887; Washington,[258] 1890;
Wisconsin,[259] 1895; and California,[260] 1897. The Kansas[261] bill
has already been considered.
A clearer idea of what the various State statutes mean and how they
differ from the Civil Rights Bill of 1875 may be got from the
accompanying table. The list contains the names of places where all
citizens, without regard to race, color, or previous condition of
servitude are guaranteed equality of accommodation. It will be noticed
that none of the Southern States have Civil Rights Bills and, therefore,
depend upon the courts to determine the rights of citizens in public
places, and in addition the following States have no such statute:
Delaware, Idaho, Maine, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New
Hampshire, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, West
Virginia, and Wyoming.
ANALYSIS OF THE STATE CIVIL RIGHTS BILLS
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