Timeline March 1875

Events in March 1875 3

• 1875 Civil Rights Act of 1875 signed US law bans racial discrimination in public accommodations President Ulysses S. Grant signed a law guaranteeing African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, transportation, and jury service. The Supreme Court struck down most of the act in 1883, and comparable federal protections were not restored until the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
• 1875 Carmen premieres in Paris Bizet's opera opens at the Opera-Comique to a poor reception Georges Bizet's opera Carmen premiered at the Opera-Comique in Paris, shocking audiences with its frank depiction of passion, jealousy, and murder among working-class characters. Bizet died three months later unaware that Carmen would become one of the most performed operas in the world.
• 1875 – 1937 Maurice Ravel French Impressionist composer French composer whose Boléro, La Valse and orchestration of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition are among the most recognised works in classical music.