SCOTUS: Private businesses providing public accommodations cannot discriminate 50 years ago today (Dec 14 1964)

1960s, African-American Civil Rights


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(Monday, December 14, 1964, during the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68)) — The U.S. Supreme Court, in Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States, ruled unanimously today that Congress was within its authority to enforce the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against racial discrimination by private businesses; in this case, a motel that refused to cater to blacks.