the civil rights act of 1875 define
The Civil Rights Act of 1875 (18 Stat. 335 â337), sometimes called Enforcement Act or Force Act, was a United States federal law enacted during the Reconstruction Era to guarantee African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury service. Includes images of Sumner, personal documents, and bill S. 1 that would later lead to the Civil Rights Act of 1875. 2  Retrieved November 18, 2012. 3  Summary of Constitutional Amendments and Major Civil Rights Acts passed by Congress Part of the Black Americans in Congress, 1870â2007 series.