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title: "What law was passed by Congress that gave African Americans the same legal rights as white Americans?"  
description: "What law was passed by Congress that gave African Americans the same legal rights as white Americans?"  
author: "Howard fuller"  
published: 2018-04-25  
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category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What law was passed by Congress that gave African Americans the same legal rights as white Americans?

What law was passed by [Congress](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34723/the-telangana-government-has-signed-a-technology-partnership-agreement-with-which-country-at-the-world-congress-on-information-technology-wcit-2018) that gave [African Americans](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42788/during-world-war-i-how-did-the-lives-of-african-americans-in-the-military-reflect-the-lives-of-african-americans-at-home) the same legal [rights](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41927/what-did-the-declaration-of-rights-and-the-oliv-branch-petition-have-in-common) as white Americans?\
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