U.S. Rep. Benjamin Butler of Massachusetts, the co-author of the Civil Rights Act of 1875. Butler was denounced as "Beast" Butler by white New Orleanians after serving as administrator of the city ...

Harlan also noted that the act did not apply to saloons and read from a letter by Benjamin F. Butler, the white Massachusetts representative who sponsored the bill in Congress. The letter, dated March ...

When the Specie Payments act of 1875 was before Congress it was generally sustained by those who favored a sound currency, for the reason that it pledged the country to resumption at a fixed date ...

In July 2010, nearly two years after the 2008 financial crisis exposed the vulnerability of the world’s economic system, Congress passed sweeping changes to laws regulating the U.S. financial ...

Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) has introduced a bill to address the rise in book bans in public schools and libraries. Flanked by advocates at the Library of Congress on Thursday, Pressley ...

On this day in 1875, the House passed a civil rights act by a vote of 162-99. After the Senate concurred, President Ulysses S. Grant signed the bill into law on March 1. The legislation had been ...

But that didn't happen — and wouldn't for decades — in part because of decisions handed down by the Supreme Court, which declared the Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional in 1883.

On May 6, 1882, President Chester Arthur signed a law that reshaped America. More than a century later, Congress formally apologized for it. The Chinese Exclusion Act blocked Chinese workers from ...

Included within this historic bill is the Camp Lejeune Justice Act, which provides fair and timely relief in a court of law for veterans, civil servants, and family members exposed to deadly ...

On this day in 1875, the House passed a Civil Rights Act by a vote of 162-99. After the Senate concurred, President Ulysses Grant signed the bill into law on March 1.

On May 6, 1882, President Chester Arthur signed a law that reshaped America. More than a century later, Congress formally apologized for it. The Chinese Exclusion Act blocked Chinese workers from ...