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An 8 page paper which examines the progression of African Americans since 1865. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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citizens of the nation like everyone else. However, as anyone who knows anything about American history, this was clearly not the case. African American people continued, and continue today, to
struggle for the same rights and freedoms as the white people of the nation. The following paper examines the progression of African Americans since the end of the Civil War
in 1865. Progression of African Americans Since 1865 "Following the Civil War this country moved to extend equality to African Americans
with the passage of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution (1865) which outlawed slavery" (We Shall Overcome, 2008). It became clear that this was perhaps not enough and thus came
the 14th Amendment in 1868. This amendment made all people born in the United States citizens and thus gave them equal protection under the law (We Shall Overcome, 2008). These
two amendments, again, clearly did not address all of the problems and at that point African Americans did not really have the right to vote. So with the 15th Amendment
came "the right to vote to all citizens, regardless of race" (We Shall Overcome, 2008). According to this particular author all of these amendments seemed to promise a very good
future and freedom for African Americans but there were many racial tensions during this period of Reconstruction with federal armies actually occupying the South to enforce order (We Shall Overcome,
2008). "The genuine reform impulse of Reconstruction was the "first" civil rights movement, as the victorious North attempted to create the conditions whereby African Americans could freely and fully
participate in this country as citizens. It was a noble experiment in bi-racial harmony, and, had it succeeded, there probably would have been no need for a second civil rights
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