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The Civil Rights Act was introduced to the Senate on January 5, 1866. The purpose of the act was to define—for the first time in American legislative history—the nature of citizenship and to proclaim that all citizens are equally protected by the US government. Because of the context in which the act was written, it contains numerous measures specifically intended to protect African Americans. The act carves out provisions for citizens “of every race and color, without regard to any previous condition of slavery” in order to be completely unambiguous with regards to the treatment of former slaves. On March 27, President Johnson issued a veto on the act, citing its trampling of states’ rights and its upscaling of federal power to enforce the rights of African Americans. Ten days later, the Senate overrode Johnson’s veto with an avalanche of Republican votes. Three days after that, the House of Representatives followed suit, marking the first Congressional override of a major presidential veto in American history.

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The Civil Rights Act of 1866 (Annotated)

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