---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 2000b–2"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "2000b–2"
heading: "Personal suits for relief against discrimination in public facilities"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/2000b-2"
units:
  - "Chapter 21 — Civil Rights"
  - "Subchapter III — Public Facilities"
---

# §2000b–2. Personal suits for relief against discrimination in public facilities


Nothing in this subchapter shall affect adversely the right of any person to sue for or obtain relief in any court against discrimination in any facility covered by this subchapter.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 88–352, title III, § 303, July 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 246.)