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How Did The Reconstruction Era Help African Americans?

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I honestly can not see or fathom why you could ever think that the Reconstruction Era was a success in helping blacks. I agree with you that it helped America unite to a certain extent, however, it did nothing to help the blacks whatsoever. Yes, slaves were emancipated and there were three amendments to help them to achieve rights and citizenship , nevertheless, the government rarely enforced any of the laws and regulations they set in place for the blacks to have equality and people worked tirelessly to make sure that any sense of freedom and rights that blacks could have were snatched away from them. What is the point of passing a law saying that black man can vote when they have KKK members trespassing in their house, beating them and ultimately
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