§ 2000a. Prohibition against discrimination or segregation in places of public accommodation
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(a)Equal access All persons shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of any place of public accommodation, as defined in this section, without discrimination or segregation on the ground of race, color, religion, or national origin.
(b)Establishments affecting interstate commerce or supported in their activities by State action as places of public accommodation; lodgings; facilities principally engaged in selling food for consumption on the premises; gasoline stations; places of exhibition or entertainment; other covered establishments Each of the following establishments which serves the public is a place of public accommodation within the meaning of this subchapter if its operations affect commerce, or if discrimination or segregation by it is supported by State action:
(1)any inn, hotel, motel, or other establishment which provides lodging to transient guests, other than an establishment located within a building which contains not more than five rooms for rent or hire and which is actually occupied by the proprietor of such establishment as his residence;
(2)any restaurant, cafeteria, lunchroom, lunch counter, soda fountain, or other facility principally engaged in selling food for consumption on the premises, including, but not limited to, any such facility located on the premises of any retail establishment; or any gasoline station;
(3)any motion picture house, theater, concert hall, sports arena, stadium or other place of exhibition or entertainment; and
(4)any establishment (A)(i) which is physically located within the premises of any establishment otherwise covered by this subsection, or
(ii)within the premises of which is physically located any such covered establishment, and
(B)which holds itself out as serving patrons of such covered establishment.
(c)Operations affecting commerce; criteria; “commerce” defined The operations of an establishment affect commerce within the meaning of this subchapter if
(1)it is one of the establishments described in paragraph
(1)of subsection (b);
(2)in the case of an establishment described in paragraph
(2)of subsection (b), it serves or offers to serve interstate travelers or a substantial portion of the food which it serves, or gasoline or other products which it sells, has moved in commerce;
(3)in the case of an establishment described in paragraph
(3)of subsection (b), it customarily presents films, performances, athletic teams, exhibitions, or other sources of entertainment which move in commerce; and
(4)in the case of an establishment described in paragraph
(4)of subsection (b), it is physically located within the premises of, or there is physically located within its premises, an establishment the operations of which affect commerce within the meaning of this subsection. For purposes of this section, “commerce” means travel, trade, traffic, commerce, transportation, or communication among the several States, or between the District of Columbia and any State, or between any foreign country or any territory or possession and any State or the District of Columbia, or between points in the same State but through any other State or the District of Columbia or a foreign country.
(d)Support by State action Discrimination or segregation by an establishment is supported by State action within the meaning of this subchapter if such discrimination or segregation
(1)is carried on under color of any law, statute, ordinance, or regulation; or
(2)is carried on under color of any custom or usage required or enforced by officials of the State or political subdivision thereof; or
(3)is required by action of the State or political subdivision thereof.
(e)Private establishments The provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to a private club or other establishment not in fact open to the public, except to the extent that the facilities of such establishment are made available to the customers or patrons of an establishment within the scope of subsection (b).
(Pub. L. 88–352, title II, § 201, July 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 243.)
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- Pub. L. 88–352, title II, § 201
- 78 Stat. 243
- Pub. L. 111–2, § 1
- 123 Stat. 5
- Pub. L. 102–411, § 1
- 106 Stat. 2102
- Pub. L. 92–261, § 1
- 86 Stat. 103
- Pub. L. 88–352, § 1
- 78 Stat. 241
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 88–352, title II, § 201
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 111–2, § 1
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 102–411, § 1
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