The word “Reconstruction” is recognized in an American historical context as the reorganization and reestablishment of the seceded states after the civil war. However‚ this extend of time suffered a fluctuation of freedoms for African Americans in the southern region of the country. While slavery did not exist anymore‚ reconstruction ended up being fruitful just temporarily‚ and was basically nullified by the regressive pattern that took after the finish of Reconstruction in 1877. On this piece
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during a time when segregation between African-American and white people still provided much anxiety between the two peoples. Many white people strongly believed that under the Jim Crow Laws‚ African-Americans could exist separately‚ but equally along side each other. Therefore‚ one could witness the segregation due to the Jim Crow Laws on buses‚ in schools‚ stores‚ theaters‚ and even restaurants. African-Americans found themselves constantly separated from white people‚ and few African-Americans felt
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former slaves were liberated‚ a tough road was built before them‚ one filled with potholes and bumps‚ the road of equality. Former slaves were anything but equal. They would find themselves in great peril concerning economic & social status. The Jim Crow laws enforced African Americans would be "equal but separate". Segregation began. Two years after the 13th Amendment was ratified‚ legislators would once again take a step forward by ratifying the 14th Amendment regarding citizenship and civil
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She has been called “the first lady of civil rights” and “the mother of the freedom movement.” Parks grew up when the Jim Crow Laws were in effect. Everything was segregated including public bathrooms‚ water fountains‚ and city buses. Rosa Parks rode the bus for many years to and from work‚ but one day was more significant than any other day. She was asked to move in
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At the turn of the twentieth century North Carolina’s government fell under the control of the Democrats’ White Supremacy rule. The Jim Crow laws‚ enacted by North Carolina’s legislature in 1899‚ formally required segregation in all public facilities and transportation. Disenfranchisement‚ an attempt to restrict African Americans’ rights to vote‚ allowed Democrats to apply a poll tax and a literacy test. This combination successfully restricted an enormous portion of African-American voters and
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Unfortunately‚ this era eventually ended. Reconstruction ended with the Compromise of 1877‚ which stopped the national government´s efforts in reconstruction. The conditions in the South were restored to what they were prior to the Civil War. Several Jim Crow laws were passed that separated the whites and African Americans in public facilities. After 1887‚ African Americans were not present in the Congress for a very long time (Document 3). It would be helpful to have a document that showed the decision-
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Not a lot of people today are racist because of the civil rights movement.The civil rights movement is for the people to be good and they made more laws to make people to be even better.Three Supreme Court cases influenced the civil rights movement by making people to lessen African American:Shelley v. Kraemer‚Plessy v. Ferguson‚and Brown v. Board of Education. The cause Plessy vs. Ferguson made a law requiring restaurants‚ hotels‚and hospitals to serve African Americans.States began to require
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the case ‘Plessy vs. Ferguson’ in 1896. In this case a “separate but equal” standard was set down. This meant that segregation between blacks and whites could be enforced‚ but the segregation had to be equal between the races. From this case the ‘Jim Crow’ laws were established. This system of laws and customs enforced racial segregation and discrimination throughout the United States‚ from the late 19th century through to the 1960s. These laws were applied everywhere; segregation on buses was one
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Significance of Civil Rights Dr. Joyce A. Baugh spoke about the significance of civil rights and connected each event to her own life story. She was born in Charleston‚ South Carolina when racism was a huge issue. Baugh started off by talking about how five years before she was born‚ Brown v. Board passed. She explained that the Supreme Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. Then in 1960‚ Baugh was just seven months old. Sit-ins
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mostly African Americans. Others were people who thought that there should be equal rights everywhere. There was a big controversy in the United States the movement was organized to abolish racial discrimination in public or in private. Things such as Jim Crow Laws degraded the African Americans especially in the southern states. Because of these laws racial violence and segregation was supported by the government. There were many litigation and lobbying attempts from the NAACP. By 1955 African Americans
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