Black males are qualified to vote in Michigan (1870)
Before the 15th amendment was adopted, black suffrage was decided by state referenda. There were a total of 27 in all the states and...
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Hedgeman v Board of Registration (1872)
This case was a direct response to adoption of the 14th and 15th amendments. In question were the rights of citizenship for the Canadian...
Mandelbaum v McDonnell (1874)
Although this case does not deal directly with racially restrictive covenants or neighborhood agreements, it was referred to by attorneys...
Michigan Public Act 130 of 1885, The Civil Rights Act
Entitled “all persons” to full and equal access to “inns, restaurants, eating-houses/ barber shops, public conveyances on land and water,...
Ferguson v Gies (1890)
Supreme Court of Michigan overturned a jury verdict of the Wayne County Circuit court that had ruled in favor of a restaurant manager...
Plessy v Ferguson (1896)
In this landmark case the US Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine. In...
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