Reconstruction era (dec 1, 1865 – dec 1, 1877)
Description:
- time of great promise and hope for African Americans, as it represented a chance to secure their freedom, citizenship, and political rights.- BUT: Rise of the Ku Klux Klan, Jim Crow segregation, and the withdrawal of federal support for Reconstruction efforts
- These factors combined to limit the progress of African Americans in the South, leading to a long period of racial oppression and inequality that persisted for decades after Reconstruction ended
“The slave went free; stood a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again toward slavery.” W.E.B. Du Bois
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Date:
dec 1, 1865
dec 1, 1877
~ 12 years