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mar 12, 1866 - Congress passes Civil Rights Bill (Mar 1866)

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granted blacks privilage of American citizenship and struck at black codes; Johnson vetoed this on constitutional grounds but in April, Congressmen overrode it and passed it;

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mar 12, 1866
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~ 160 years ago