Reconstruction, an era meant to provide African Americans with equal rights, has completed its course. To this day, blacks, whites, and others that are citizens in the US are considered to be equal but, some people oppose. However, Reconstruction is a failure, for it left many problems unsolved, including as segregation and the infringement on voting for blacks. These problems were eventually solved through the Civil Rights Movement, which contained many African Americans leading it. Even with the Civil Rights Movement solves the problems, many people believe that Blacks are still oppressed. Racism is still apparent in our current civilization, yet there is nothing that can truly be done about it. After the Civil War, Reconstruction aimed
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Blacks were promised given rights to vote, but these rights were not enforced, therefore white people took advantage and forced votes. According to (Source 5) “The Penal Laws of Mississippi,” white men were forcing black people using violence and power to be second-class citizens and have fewer rights than them. They still wanted segregation and control over them. This went against the policy of the Reconstruction, which was all about making things better for the blacks, but eventually made things harder for them. Another source that represents the failures of Reconstruction is Source 4. “Worse than Slavery” is the name of the cartoon that shows a KKK member and a White League member holding a skull over a black man’s family. Even though institutional slavery had been dismantled, the struggles of the black …show more content…
He is most famous for empowering the blacks and his speech at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (Source 9). This is where he delivered the “I have a dream speech,” (Source 10) and where people participating in the march were successful in pressuring the administration of John F. Kennedy to initiate a strong federal civil rights bill in Congress. Martin Luther King’s speech focused on his vision of a world without slavery, and how with a little hope and a strong leader anyone can do anything. The leadership that Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks both possessed also shed onto others. Bob Dylan, a very popular singer, wrote a song about the inequality against the blacks. The song was called “Oxford Town” (Source 15) and expressed the ways how blacks were oppressed. He showed how he was sorry for them and wished that they could be equal to everyone
Blacks were promised given rights to vote, but these rights were not enforced, therefore white people took advantage and forced votes. According to (Source 5) “The Penal Laws of Mississippi,” white men were forcing black people using violence and power to be second-class citizens and have fewer rights than them. They still wanted segregation and control over them. This went against the policy of the Reconstruction, which was all about making things better for the blacks, but eventually made things harder for them. Another source that represents the failures of Reconstruction is Source 4. “Worse than Slavery” is the name of the cartoon that shows a KKK member and a White League member holding a skull over a black man’s family. Even though institutional slavery had been dismantled, the struggles of the black …show more content…
He is most famous for empowering the blacks and his speech at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (Source 9). This is where he delivered the “I have a dream speech,” (Source 10) and where people participating in the march were successful in pressuring the administration of John F. Kennedy to initiate a strong federal civil rights bill in Congress. Martin Luther King’s speech focused on his vision of a world without slavery, and how with a little hope and a strong leader anyone can do anything. The leadership that Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks both possessed also shed onto others. Bob Dylan, a very popular singer, wrote a song about the inequality against the blacks. The song was called “Oxford Town” (Source 15) and expressed the ways how blacks were oppressed. He showed how he was sorry for them and wished that they could be equal to everyone