Path Towards Equality: Anti-Discrimination Acts Most Important Supreme Court Decisions Against Racism by U.S. Government U.S. Supreme Court

Author:U.S. Government, U.S. Supreme Court [U.S. Government, U.S. Supreme Court]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Social Science, Discrimination & Race Relations, Law, Civil Rights
ISBN: 9788026873112
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Publisher: e-artnow
Published: 2017-02-10T00:00:00+00:00

1 78 Stat. 243-246, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000a-2000a-6 (1964 ed.).

2 Section 201 of the Act, 78 Stat. 243, 42 U.S.C. § 2000a (1964 ed.), provides in part:

'(a) All persons shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of any place of public accommodation, as defined in this section, without discrimination or segregation on the ground of race, color, religion, or national origin.

'(b) Each of the following establishments which serves the public is a place of public accommodation within the meaning of this title if its operations affect commerce, or if discrimination or segregation by it is supported by State action:

'(1) any inn, hotel, motel, or other establishment which provides lodging to transient guests, other than an establishment located within a building which contains not more than five rooms for rent or hire and which is actually occupied by the proprietor of such establishment as his residence;

'(2) any restaurant, cafeteria, lunchroom, lunch counter, soda fountain, or other facility principally engaged in selling food for consumption on the premises, including, but not limited to, any such facility located on the premises of any retail establishment; or any gasoline station;

'(c) The operations of an establishment affect commerce within the meaning of this title if (1) it is one of the establishments described in paragraph (1) of subsection (b); (2) in the case of an establishment described in paragraph (2) of subsection (b), it serves or offers to serve interstate travelers or a substantial portion of the food which it serves, or gasoline or other products which it sells, has moved in commerce * * *. For purposes of this section, 'commerce' means travel, trade, traffic, commerce, transportation, or communication among the several States * * *.'

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