Civil rights in the shadow of slavery [electronic resource] : the constitution, common law, and the Civil Rights Act of 1866 / George A. Rutherglen. Rutherglen, George. United States. Civil Rights Act of 1866. African Americans Civil rights History. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) E185.61 323.1196073 23 Includes index. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Oct. 31, 2012). The author begins with the birth of civil rights - the circumstances, acts and legacy of the 39th Congress, constitutional origins, passage and structure of the Act, moves through the Fourteenth Amendment and into restrictive interpretations and quiescent years, and finishes with a chapter on discerning the future from the past and the contemporary significance of the Act. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013. 2013. 2013 Text 1 online resource. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199739707.001.0001 eng