Overcoming Discrimination During The Reconstruction Acts Of 1867

What were ways people faced discrimination, how did they deal with it? The Reconstruction Acts of 1867, gave former male slaves the right to vote and hold public office. The Congress also passed two more amendments to the Constitution: The Reconstruction Amendments; the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth. The Thirteenth Amendment was admitted before Reconstruction and abolished slavery. The Fourteenth Amendment gave U.S. citizenship to all people born in the U.S and the Fifteenth Amendment gave black people the right to vote. During this time Black Louisianans gain political power by being able to run and hold office. They also gained the right to education, but the schools were segregated and where not equal. There were also other bills

This way of resisting was most commonly known, it was the cheapest way.In Document C it says, "Sued LSU demanding that Black students be admitted to LSU." This means that Black Louisianans could legally sue for unfair treatment and equality. And then eventually led to the integration of many schools. In Document D it says, "'Now everybody is gonna stick together this moment. Nobody don’t get off this bus and we go stick together'". Black Louisianans could nonviolently protest against bus rules and guidelines. This type of resisting is effective because it could bring attention to what is happening and it could bring about change if its constantly happening. This might have put those in power in a state of worry and probably caused many of them to change their guideline and rules in order to not get sued. This could help those who are resisting because if they protest enough and then eventually enough unconstitutional effects happen some white people might notice and turn against the

This way was most beneficial to do because most of Jim Crow segregation laws were unconstitutional; these laws were purposely created to catch people off guard to allow cruelty, discrimination, and cheap labor. In Document D it says, "The bus company reported that it was losing $1600 per day.' 'The white section was reduced to two rows, the Black section was also reduced to two rows and anyone of any color could sit in between." This shows how Black Louisianans would boycott and it worked like a charm. In Document C it says, "Sued to eliminate voting requirements designed to exclude Black people from voting." This shows that suing for something unconstitutional was the best way to bring about change because rich people don't like to lose money; LSU administration. This type of resisting was very effective because if something is striked economically they have a potential risk of going bankrupt, running out of business, or losing a lot of money and they would do anything to stop this from happening. This can hurt those in power because they would lose profits and 'supremacy' benefits. This type of resisting helps in redeveloping guidelines and it's most likely to take