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The Civil Rights Cases

The Supreme Court strikes down the 1875 Civil Rights Act, opening the door to Jim Crow.

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Key events

  1. October 15, 1883
    The Civil Rights Cases

    The Supreme Court strikes down the 1875 Civil Rights Act, opening the door to Jim Crow.

  2. 1881
    Tennessee passes the first Jim Crow railroad law

    The legal architecture of segregation begins to spread across the South.