Reconstruction Of African Americans During The 1900's

During reconstruction in the south the African American community was an afterthought for some, democrats, and a main priority to others,republicans. After the North's victory in the Civil war they tried to integrate the south, fix the labor system, and create a future for the African Americans in the south. During the 1900’s the conditions that the Black community faced was racially challenging.
Reconstruction viewed by the white elite in the south was perceived to fail. Either way America was considered new due to the new amendments and national identities.Congress passed the 14th amendment stating that any one person born in America could be considered as a citizen no matter race. This was in favor of the black community since the government

Family,church,voting, and land were a priority to the black community for many reasons. Family was important to the black community since it was their heritage and culture. They wanted to keep hold of their heritage while they started to become more like the white man. The black family started to become more structured like the white family by the men going into labor-heavy jobs while the women stayed at home and kept the house together. Church was important because the black ministers had an important voice politically in their communities. At the time most African Americans voted republican since they were more open to the thought of integration.Voting and land was more of a command to show that they were equal politically and economically. The white elite was not so easily convinced that their former free workers should have political and economic freedom. Over time voting was granted to the black community but was heavily restricted by the white elite. Land however was never truly achieved due to the fact that most African Americans were in poverty and didnt have money to afford land. The Freedmen's Bureau, created by the republican North, helped African Americans use their

The Klu Klux Klan was a terrorist clan that consisted of the white elite or white plantation owners. This terrorist group started in 1865 and was a hate group for many different communities. The KKK was considered as a secret society who did their own form of oppression to the black community. Thankfully the government stepped in and the 3 enforcement acts was enforced. The 3 enforcement acts restricted the klan which was a huge success. The klan died down a bit but it did not completely get rid of the terrorist group. Plessy vs Ferguson was a court case that proved to the south that the black community was not going to get a fair trial without representation. The results from this court case was that they were separate but equal. If things are separated they are not equal. Another court case William vs. Mississippi was significant because the government made it clear that they believed that it was okay to have poll taxes and literacy tests. These poll taxes and literacy tests were supposed to prevent the black community from expressing their political rights and most of the time it worked. The consequnces of these trails had an increase in segregation and lynchings. Overall racism was on the rise in the south even after all the norths hard work and integrating the two. Even in the court room racism started to influnce the courts deccsions. At these trials african