Part One. The original civil rights statutes and constitutional litigation -- Section 1983 : state interference with civil rights -- Part Two. Semi-constitutional statutes : the power of congress to expand constitution-based rights -- Sections 1981 and 1982 : private racial discrimination and the Thirteenth Amendment -- Section 1985(3) : equal security, conspiracies, and dual constitutional sources -- Applying the older civil rights statutes to federal officials -- Part Three. Second reconstruction and beyond : the civil rights acts, 1964 to present -- Title II of the civil rights act of 1964 : public accommodations and congressional power under the commerce clause -- Title VI and its analogues : civil rights as a regulatory regime -- Title VII and its analogues : employment discrimination -- Voting rights act of 1965 : discrimination in voting.
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