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Events on Monday 15 October 1883 1
1883US Supreme Court decides the Civil Rights CasesCourt strikes down the Civil Rights Act of 1875On 15 October the Supreme Court ruled that the Fourteenth Amendment did not empower Congress to outlaw racial discrimination by private individuals or businesses. The decision gutted the Civil Rights Act of 1875 and opened the way for segregation laws across the United States.