Section 1981

Shorthand reference to the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which is located in Title 42 of the United States Code, Section 1981 (42 U.S.C. § 1981). Section 1981 is a federal statute implemented after the United States Civil War that declared African-Americans to be citizens entitled to rights previously reserved only for Caucasian males, including the right to enter into and to enforce contracts…