therein ...” 392 U.S., at 436, [88 S.Ct., at 2201]. One of the “rights enumerated” in § 1 is “the same right ... to make and enforce contracts ... as is enjoyed by white citizens_” 14 Stat. 27. Id. As a result, the Court concluded: Just as in Jones a Negro’s § 1 right to purchase property on equal terms with whites was violated when a private person refused to sell to [him] solely because he was a Negro, so also a Negro’s § 1 right to “make and enforce contracts” is violated if a private offeror refuses to extend to [him], solely because he is a Negro, the same opportunity to enter into contracts as he extends to white offerees. Id. 427 U.S. at 170-71, 96 S.Ct. at 2594. See also Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc., 421 U.S. 454, 459-60, 95 S.Ct. 1716, 1720, 44 L.Ed.2d 295 (1975) (<HOLDING>); Tillman v. Wheaton-Haven Recreation Ass’n,
holding with little discussion that section 1981 applies to private racial discrimination holding that section 1981 prohibits racial discrimination in private employment against whites as well as nonwhites holding that title vii precludes a claim under section 1981 for racial discrimination against a federal employee holding unequivocally that  1981 protects against racial discrimination in private employment holding that conduct occurring after the formation of an employment contract could not be racial discrimination under  1981