Q. What was the difference in the civil rights bill that was passed in 1866 versus the bill passed by congress in 1875?


A. The CRB of 1866 was a response to the state conventions and legislation of Fall 1865, esp. the so-called Black Codes. Its emphasis was on basic civil liberties (jury, marriage, movement, due process) The CRB of 1875 involved public accommodations, esp. parks, schools, cemeteries, and transportation. See esp. Age of Lincoln, pp 274 and surrounding, and pp. 307-315ish.

For the full texts, see http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/history/...n/civrights1866.htm

and

http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/122/recon/civilrightsact.html

the latter was declared unconstitutional in the civil rights cases of 1883:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/hist...R_0109_0003_ZS.html