jan 12, 1876 - 1876: US v. Cruikshank (Following a riot in Louisiana which left seventy African Americans and two white people dead, over a hundred white men were arrested by Federal authorities. They were freed when the Supreme Court ruled that Enforcement Act empowered federal officers to take action only against states and not against individuals.)
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Date:
jan 12, 1876
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~ 149 years ago