18h 49min, apr 9, 1866 y - Civil Rights Act of 1866
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It was the first U.S. federal law that defined citizenship and stated that all citizens are protected equally under the law. This law was fought over between Congress and President Johnson, and despite Johnson's blocking of the law, it passed through Congress.
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