Vintage Harpers Weekly Civil Rights Bill 1874 Fold-Out Poster 24x17 - Historic Reconstruction Era PhotoVINTAGE NEWSPRINT HARPERS WEEKLY FINANCE & CIVIL RIGHTS BILL TABLED JULY 4TH 1874 NOTABLE HISTORY: RECONSTRUCTION ERA AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORY THIS FOLD OUT POSTER LAMENTS THE 1874 CIVIL RIGHTS BILL BEING TABLED BY CONGRESS. THE 1874 BILL WAS A PRECURSOR TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL PASSED IN 1875. LATER IN 1883 THE 1875 BILL THAT PASSED WAS DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL. WHAT FOLLOWEED WAS DECADES OF LEGALIZED RACIAL PERSECUTION AND JIM CROW