The major improvements of the slaves came shortly after the end of the Civil War when the slaves attained freedom and had granted citizenship from the nation, in which it was guaranteed by the thirteenth and the fourteenth amendments. Followed by the black suffrage, which will eventually become the fifteenth amendment, the freedmen was now equal as the whites under the Constitution. However, the South who had treated freedmen as slaves a while ago experienced difficulties admitting this equality. Although former slaves had rights and freedom, in reality, they weren’t treated equally at all, especially in the South, due to the state-level legal codes of segregation known as Jim Crow Laws. It has brought varying reactions among the African-American community, which they demonstrated resentments as well as minority idea of returning to Africa.
“The white man must and will rule.” According to this standard, the southern states enacted literacy requirements, voter-registration laws, and poll to ensure disfranchisement of the black population. Out of all, …show more content…
As a response to the establishment of Jim Crow segregation, African-Americans, either in the group or individually demanded the rights that have been granted. And as the time travels, resentments against Jim Crow laws intensified among the African-American community. Some African-American participated in the anti-lynching movement, while some demanded improvements in their life. Overall, the reactions of the black varied from dependent praying to independent ideas of establishing their own nation in Africa. But, equality is the one common desire shared by all African-Americans in the United States. Despite the absolute orders of the Constitution, segregation through the colors of race continued until the temporal settlement in the mid-twentieth