The Supreme Court’s ruling in the civil rights cases of 1883 led to

In the Civil Rights Cases of 1883, the Supreme Court ruled that Congress could not prohibit racial discrimination by private businesses under the Fourteenth Amendment. This weakened federal protection for Black Americans and helped Southern states impose segregation through Jim Crow laws. The ruling came after the 1875 Civil Rights Act; it did not lead to that act’s passage.

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