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NAACP ASKS COMCAST CORPORATION TO CEASE SUPREME COURT ATTACKS ON HISTORIC CIVIL RIGHTS LAW

[Supreme Court News]
Because of a dispute with a Black businessman, Comcast has urged the Supreme Court to roll back the crucial protections of one of the nation’s oldest civil rights laws, Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866. For more than a century, Section 1981 has been used as an important tool to combat race discrimination, particularly for employment discrimination claimants. Former Justice Thurgood Marshall harnessed the power of Section 1981 to fight various forms of discrimination.
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