News editorial on Andrew Johnson’s vetoing of popular bills, 1866
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The Ku-Klux Act.
News article: On the Ku Klux Act / Civil Rights Act of 1871, 1874
The Civil Rights Bill
News article: on the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, 1866
Affairs in Insurrectionary States. Part 7: Georgia, Vol. 2
Congressional Hearings: This is a 13-volume collection of reports and testimonies from a Congressional committee that investigated the Ku Klux Klan and other insurrectionary movements in the former Confederacy after the close of the Civil War. The committee made their report in 1872. The report proper is in the first volume; the other volumes contain testimonies and miscellaneous documents., 1871
Report and Testimony on the Alleged Outrages in the Southern States, by the Select Committee of the Senate
Congressional Hearings: Report and Testimony on the Alleged Outrages in the Southern States, by the Select Committee of the Senate, 1871
Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee to inquire into the condition of affairs in the late insurrectionary states, pt12, vol 2
House and Senate Reports: Affairs in insurrectionary States, pt. 12: Mississippi, v. 2, 1871
Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee to inquire into the condition of affairs in the late insurrectionary states, pt13
House and Senate Reports: Affairs in insurrectionary States, pt. 13: Florida, and miscellaneous, 1871
Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee to inquire into the condition of affairs in the late insurrectionary states, pt2
House and Senate Reports: Affairs in insurrectionary States, pt. 2: North Carolina, 1871
Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee to inquire into the condition of affairs in the late insurrectionary states, pt3, vol1
House and Senate Reports: Affairs in insurrectionary States, pt. 3: South Carolina, v. 1, 1871
Address of the colored citizens of Chicago to the Congress of the United States.
House and Senate Documents: Address of colored citizens of Chicago to Congress on civil rights, 1866
Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee to inquire into the condition of affairs in the late insurrectionary states, pt6, vol1
House and Senate Reports: Affairs in insurrectionary States, pt. 6: Georgia, v. 1, 1871
39 S. 61 (Ordered to be Printed Senate)
An Act to protect all persons in the United States in their civil rights, and furnish the means of their vindication, 1866
Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee to inquire into the condition of affairs in the late insurrectionary states, pt7, vol2
House and Senate Reports: Affairs in insurrectionary States, pt. 7: Georgia, v. 2, 1871
Resolutions adopted at a public meeting held in Washington City January 5, 1872, in favor of the passage of the bill (S. 99) supplementary to an act entitled “An act to protect all citizens of the United States in their civil rights, and to furnish the means for their vindication,” passed April 9, 1866.
House and Senate Documents: Resolutions for passage of bill supplementary to act to protect all citizens of United States in their civil rights, and to furnish means for their vindication, 1872
Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee to inquire into the condition of affairs in the late insurrectionary states, pt8, vol1
House and Senate Reports: Affairs in insurrectionary States, pt. 8: Alabama, v. 1, 1871
The Fourteenth Amendment
Newspaper printing of the text of the 14th Amendment, 1868
Certifying that the fifteenth amendment has become valid, and a part of the Constitution of the United States. March 30, 1870
Law Text: Certifying that the fifteenth amendment has become valid, and a part of the Constitution of the United States. March 30, 1870, 1870
41 S. 810 (Introduced in Senate)
A bill to enforce the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, 1870
41 H.R. 1815 (Referred to Committee House)
A bill to enforce the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, 1870
41 S. 503 (Introduced in Senate)
A bill extending the provisions of the civil rights bill for the enforcement of the fifteenth amendment of the Constitution, 1870
Effect of the Fifteenth Amendment
Political cartoon on the 15th amendment, 1871
Ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment: To the Senate and House of Representatives.
Article on the 15th Amendment written by Ulysses S. Grant, 1870
Our Contributors.: The Negro Voters Must Be Educated
News editorial on the 15th amendment, 1870
An Act to protect all Persons in the United States in their Civil Rights, and furnish the Means of their Vindication
Law Text: An Act to protect all Persons in the United States in their Civil Rights, and furnish the Means of their Vindication, 1866
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 8th of January last, calling for information in relation to violations of the act entitled “An act to protect all persons in the United States in their civil rights and furnish the means of their vindication,” such information as is in the possession of the departments on the subject, and the steps taken to enforce the law.
House and Senate Documents: Message of President on violations of civil rights bill, 1867