... of life during the apartheid period in which the black race was treated as inferior because of the color of their skin. In "Crackling Day," a young black boy in South Africa challenges three white youths and, in so doing, challenges the political system of the whole country. In "The Old Chief Mshlanga," a girl name Nkosikaas Jordan learns to see things through the eyes of the native inhabitants of ... South Africa and, in doing so, bring about a change in her character. In these stories the main characters confront internal and external conflicts about racism, ... the youth of the white....

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... by guaranteeing their rights to vote in the south. The actual accomplishments of the Radical Reconstruction were; three new Constitutional amendments, known as the Reconstruction Amendments, were adopted. The 13th Amendment abolished slavery and was ratified in 1865. The 14th Amendment was proposed in 1866 and ratified in 1868, guaranteeing citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States (except Native Americans), and granting them federal civil ... slave owners to reclaim power, and this return of power to whites also meant a return to the policy of the old South. S...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate