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apr 9, 1866 - Civil Rights Act of 1866

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Nullified the Black Codes and affirmed that African Americans should have equal benefits of the law
Republicans feared that if the Democrats took majority in government then the bill would be ended so they sought to create something more permanent (14th Amendment)

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apr 9, 1866
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~ 159 years ago