Civil Rights Act of 1875
This page analyzes a single policy using structured scoring, historical evidence, source quality, and measurable outcomes.
Summary
Attempted to guarantee equal treatment in public accommodations and jury service regardless of race.
How to Read This Record
Impact Reading
Very high documented impact
Evidence Base
Moderate evidence from Archive sources.
Data Completeness
Good record with 2 sources and 1 metric.
Outcome Summary
A major Reconstruction-era equality law, though much of it was later invalidated by the Supreme Court.
Categories
Impact Scores
This score is a structured measure of how directly and materially this policy affected Black communities, weighted by evidence, durability, and equity. Harm offset reduces the total score.
Total Impact Score
27
Directness
5
How explicitly the policy targeted or affected Black communities.
Material Impact
4
The practical real-world effect on conditions, rights, or outcomes.
Evidence
4
Strength of sourcing and historical support for the assessment.
Durability
1
How lasting the effects of the policy were over time.
Equity
4
Whether the policy advanced fairness, inclusion, or equal access.
Harm Offset
4
Any offsetting harms, limitations, exclusions, or contradictory effects that reduce the total.
Scoring Notes: Ambitious civil-rights law, but later heavily limited by the courts.
Metrics
Legal protection in public accommodations
Black Americans • United States
Before
0.00
1874 • binary
After
1.00
1875 • binary
Methodology: Represents federal prohibition of racial discrimination in public accommodations.
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Ulysses S. Grant
Sign the Civil Rights Act of 1875Grant signed the Civil Rights Act of 1875, extending federal civil-rights protection into public accommodations even though later judicial decisions weakened its practical reach.
Suggested Relationships
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Civil War and Reconstruction • Negative
Shared Categories: 1 • Year Distance: 1
1873 • Court Case • Unknown party
Civil War and Reconstruction • Negative
Shared Categories: 1 • Year Distance: 2
1871 • Law • Republican Party
Civil War and Reconstruction • Positive
Shared Categories: 1 • Year Distance: 4
1870 • Law • Republican Party
Civil War and Reconstruction • Positive
Shared Categories: 1 • Year Distance: 5
1870 • Law • Republican Party
Civil War and Reconstruction • Positive
Shared Categories: 1 • Year Distance: 5
1868 • Amendment • Republican Party
Civil War and Reconstruction • Positive
Shared Categories: 1 • Year Distance: 7
1867 • Law • Republican Party
Civil War and Reconstruction • Positive
Shared Categories: 1 • Year Distance: 8
1867 • Law • Republican Party
Civil War and Reconstruction • Positive
Shared Categories: 1 • Year Distance: 8