RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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desegregation
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integration
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segregation
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reconstruction
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Detailed explanation-1: -Segregation is made up of two dimensions: vertical segregation and horizontal segregation.
Detailed explanation-2: -Resistance to racial segregation and discrimination with strategies such as civil disobedience, nonviolent resistance, marches, protests, boycotts, “freedom rides, ” and rallies received national attention as newspaper, radio, and television reporters and cameramen documented the struggle to end racial inequality.
Detailed explanation-3: -Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark 1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine. The case stemmed from an 1892 incident in which African American train passenger Homer Plessy refused to sit in a car for Black people.
Detailed explanation-4: -For many years, the Supreme Court ruled that the amendment did not extend the Bill of Rights to the states. Not only did the 14th Amendment fail to extend the Bill of Rights to the states; it also failed to protect the rights of Black citizens.