CORE Congress of racial equality. African Americans in the military, Mexican Americans in wartime and the Japanese Americans in the War effort: Japanese American Citizens League.Read more: What_events_show_the_persistence_of_racial_tension_during_World_War_2
African Americans
In what ways did self-serving individuals hurt the Reconstruction effort?
Following Reconstruction, there were three main organized groups among white southerners who did not believe in racial equality. The Redeemer political parties of 'Conservatives' or 'Democrats' sought to legally take control of state and local governments for pre-Civil War ruling social groups. They used first "Jim Crow" laws, then state Courts and Constitutional Conventions to remove the social, economic and political progress African-Americans had attained during Reconstruction. The Ku Klux Klan was dedicated to white supremacy over African-Americans. They used terror tactics including lynching to enforce a racial caste system. They were condemned by African-American writers such as Ida B. Wells. The White Leagues were short lived associations of political assassination in the late 1800s. They targeted Republicans, white and black, who were candidates, party organizers, and poll workers in an effort to remove effective political representation and advocacy for African-Americans in state and local government.
In the late 1800s, Southern Democrats sought to lower taxes and cut social programs, particularly targeting Reconstruction-era policies and initiatives that supported freed African Americans. They aimed to reduce government spending and minimize the influence of federal programs in the South, advocating for a return to a more limited government approach. This movement was part of a broader effort to re-establish white supremacy and maintain the social and economic order following the Civil War.
slaves
They served in the US military.
CORE Congress of racial equality. African Americans in the military, Mexican Americans in wartime and the Japanese Americans in the War effort: Japanese American Citizens League.Read more: What_events_show_the_persistence_of_racial_tension_during_World_War_2
African-Americans fought in one battle in WWI. At home, they were used for labor just like anyone else and also enlisted.
Freedom Summer
yes
they started the freedoms jounral
African Americans
Freedom Summer i believe.
to resettle African Americans in Africa or the Caribbean.
African Americans contributed as soldiers and they also joined the NAVY.
In what ways did self-serving individuals hurt the Reconstruction effort?