During and After Reconstruction, there were many arguments over the civil rights of African Americans. ... After the Civil War, the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments were added to the Constitution. The thirteenth amendment freed Africans from slavery. ... During and after Reconstruction, there were laws made that limited the civil liberties of African Americans. ... Most freedmen did not know how to write and read and therefore could not pass the tests. ...

• Word Count: 630
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There have been many events and processes in American society that diverted public and political attention from the plight of African-Americans in the post war period during the Reconstruction. ... I'll also explain how white northerners stopped caring about Reconstruction and black civil rights. ... Grant becomes president while the Fifteenth Amendment goes into effect. ... Since the US Constitution forbade outright racial discrimination, the Southern states required that blacks read or interpret any section of the Constitution knowing most of them didn't know how to read. ......

• Word Count: 1019
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography

America proclaimed the idea of, "all men are equal," in the Constitution. ... The Constitution states that "all men are equal," therefore the words, "all men," should include all races. The 15th Amendment prohibits the government from rejecting any American citizen from participation in government activities regardless of his or her race. ... Martin Luther King Jr. illustrated the corruption in society, wherein white people used atrocious methods to prevent African Americans from voting, violating the 15th Amendment. ... King used patho, an emotional appeal, to ...

• Word Count: 910
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The post-war era brought aberration from the way of life that many had become accustomed to. ... There were also continuing efforts to gain social acceptance and legal rights through the courts. ... The Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution gave basic civil and political freedoms to African Americans. ... Now, hostile whites, who did not know how to treat blacks as equal human beings, surrounded, and still held authority over, freed African Americans in the South. ... Many African Americans were outraged by the continued inferiority placed on people of color. ...

• Word Count: 1230
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

How can we punish someone for what they had no control? ... As Bakke quotes the Constitution, "...The guarantees of the Fourteenth Amendment extend to all persons. ... There are many black people who want to be treated equally, without any special assistance. ... (O'Connor, p.500) We do not want to cause any more hostility than there already is in our society by imposing special standards. ... Another point is that many people say that affirmative action will bring diversity to our workforce. ...

• Word Count: 1239
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School