The Civil Rights Act of 1866 has become a critical tool in conservatives’ fight to end racial considerations in the private sector.

Opponents of workplace diversity programs are using a section of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 to challenge equity policies.

In 1964, almost 100 years after the Civil Rights Act of 1866 was passed, Congress passed Public Law 88-352 (78 Stat. 241), with President Lyndon Baines Johnson signing it into law.

Opponents of workplace diversity programs are increasingly banking on a section of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 to challenge equity policies as well as funding to minority-owned businesses.

How DEI opponents are using a 1866 Civil Rights law to challenge workplace equity policies Section 1981 of the act was originally meant to protect formerly enslaved people — or Black people ...

What is Section 1981? The 1866 Civil Rights Act is a federal law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, and ethnicity when making and enforcing contracts.

Opponents of workplace diversity programs are increasingly banking on a section of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 to challenge equity policies as well as funding to minority-owned businesses.

NEW YORK (AP) — Opponents of workplace diversity programs are increasingly banking on a section of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 to challenge equity policies as well as funding to minority-owned ...