Discuss the relationships between the treatment of African-Americans during Reconstruction with the treatment of the same peoples during the United States Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s

The perception of everything being perfect for slaves during the Reconstruction Era is definitely not true.
life was not easy for them… 


What is Reconstruction? The idea to bring the north and south together as a country… Of course both sides didn’t like the idea. When the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments were presented they were supposed to make things better for African-Americans. Instead, nothing was accomplished. The 13th amendments’ purpose was to put an end to slavery in the United States of America. The 14th amendments’ purpose was to promise the freedom and rights of the freed persons. Finally, the 15th gave African-Americans the right to vote. These amendments sounded great until the southerners found a way out of the laws. Even with these amendments granted the African-Americans were still being discriminated and were still inferior to the whites. Even though it implied that things were getting better for the Africans Americans the truth was they weren’t making any progress. 

During the Reconstruction era when the slaves were freed they had no money or land. Sharecropping developing and ended up being extensive throughout the United States. It was when slaves were given an area of land and half of everything they made was given to their master. The freed slaves were still told what to do and this time they signed a statement giving their masters the “OK” to do that. They didn’t really have a choice. They owed half of everything they grew in their crops to their master who had owned them before. They lived in poverty. They couldn’t just get up and go somewhere else to live and work. Until the Civil Rights movement came sharecropping was voluminous.

The African-Americans were still being discriminated, and the whites were still on their high horses. Even though, things actually got better than they used to be. The whites and blacks were segregated, with separate bathrooms, park benches, water fountains, restaurants, and even schools. Even with their separate areas the blacks still didn’t have the right to vote, abused, and often killed. They were still the underdogs of their society. 

In 1955-1968 the Civil Rights movement finally took place. It was a time when the African-Americans fought for their rights. They boycotted, had sit-ins, protest, and more. There were Civil Rights leaders as well who were educated and who fought for their rights as a human being and as an American. For example, Dr. Martin Luther King, he fought every day for equal rights until he was murdered. A lot of people were against this act of rebellion. They fought hard for their freedom and rights. Because of great leaders and passionate African-Americans, their goal was accomplished. The people who died for this cause were a part of the reason why today we all have equal rights. 

In the Reconstruction era, African-Americans didn’t have a voice to disagree. However, when the civil rights movement came along they spoke up and proved a point to the white society.




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