The racial history of the United States is complex and highly controversial. Though it still is easy to understand details about key occurrences, society’s perceptions have been skewed by textbooks, newspapers, and journals which inaccurately portrayed the motives of people involved. Primary documents provide direct insight into the reactions of people who lived through events that happened many years ago without added outside opinion. Analyzing these sources makes it evident that whites in the United States were hesitant to give equal rights and treatment to blacks because they wanted to maintain the notion of superiority.
After the civil war, the four million newly freed slaves brought into question the definition of freedom. They desperately
After the civil war, the four million newly freed slaves brought into question the definition of freedom. They desperately