Essay On Unmistakable Reconstruction

Unmistakable Reconstruction Although The Era of Reconstruction may be argued as a positive effect, it can also be argued that it is a negative effect for the Civil Rights Movement. And the few positive changes made during the era of reconstruction, thus resulted in passive activists, Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King Jr, fighting for a senses of hope and prosperity. Despite the fact that both Mandela and King were not alive during The Era of Reconstruction Mandela and King argue the positive outcome. The Era of Reconstruction was a positive outcome because of the changes in the constitution, the government, and the sense of hope.

Initially, although Mandela was not American, but South African, he would have viewed The Era of Reconstruction

King states, “This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” (King 1). Although King was not present when reconstruction occurred, he views reconstruction as a positive growth. By growth meaning the positive changes that the government did for the African Americans in the United States. Another reason why King would agree with the era of reconstruction being a positive thing is that the African Americans for the first time in history have the ability to vote. After The Era of Reconstruction African Americans were allowed to vote, but laws like the Jim Crow laws prevented them from voting.“The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the unites states or any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude” (Article 15 Section 1- Document A). After the Civil War, which took place in 1861-1864, Congress added new amendments to the Constitution, 15th amendment allows African Americans the right to vote. With the right to vote, many African Americans viewed The Era of Reconstruction as a new era with the sense of

They would both agree with The Era of Reconstruction because its a sense of hope and prosperity. For example, in South Africa the apartheid lasted 46 years, with something like The Era of Reconstruction, Mandela would argue it was a positive effect. As King states “ I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of the former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood” (2). Although African Americans were not yet fully equal, King has the sense of ambition that one day, equality will bring all men and women together despite the difference in their skin color. Alongside King, Mandela also has the sense of prosperity and hope. Although Mandela was a South African CIvil Rights pacifist, he would agree with King in the sense of prosperity. Mandela states, “We trust that you will continue to stand by us as we tackle the challenges of building peace, prosperity, nonsexism, non-racialism and democracy” (Mandela 1). As few changes are being made, both King and Mandela hold on to the hope and prosperity that one day they can all be united as