Compare The Challenges For African Americans From 1865 To 1900

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From the 1865 to 1900 African-Americans faced many challenges. There was many things that were changing in that time frame. Yes, slaves were freed and they were given some rights. But it was at a cost since the whites limited them. So there were struggles socially, poltically and econmically.

Socially the struggles for African-Americans were that there wasn't many jobs for them. Also they barely got paid while the whites got paid more and had more jobs. Another one was that African-Americans could only go to certain places if blacks were allowed. They also would get sent to jail if they were to be in a area they weren't allowed in. Also African-Americans weren't allowed to go to the same school as white people and they faced a lot of discrimination,

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