In the civil rights cases the Supreme Court upheld laws guaranteeing equal accommodations and access to public places for blacks.

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In the Civil Rights Cases of 1883, the Supreme Court actually struck down the Civil Rights Act of 1875, ruling that the Fourteenth Amendment did not give Congress the authority to outlaw racial discrimination by private individuals or organizations, thus not upholding laws guaranteeing equal accommodations and access to public places for blacks.

In the Civil Rights Cases the Supreme Court Upheld Laws