In 1883, the supreme court ruled that there was a difference between discrimination committed by governments and discrimination committed by individuals. public facilities operated for profit and public facilities operated by the government. voting laws that set up reasonable restrictions and voting laws based on race or ethnicity. businesses that provided transportation and businesses that provided entertainment.

  There was a difference between discrimination committed by governments and discrimination committed by individuals.

Explanation:

  In 1883 there were five cases known as the "Civil Rights Cases" in which the Supreme Court held that the 13th and 14th Amendments didn´t empower Congress to outlaw racial discrimination by private individuals.

  The decision was held until 1965 in the case Heart of Atlanta Motel Inc. v. the United States. There the Court sustained that the Congress could prohibit the racial discrimination by private actors under the Commerce Clause.

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