What happened to most African Americans civil and voting rights after Reconstruction?

Answer 1

after reconstruction, the african americans rights that they gained after the civil war were taken away. black codes, by the southerners, were laws that tried to take away the african american's rights as much as possible. the kkk was a group that terrorized some poor white males and african american families. they killed and tortured the families.

Answer 2

The legal rights of the African American were expanded after the Civil War movement. Efforts to eradicate racial discrimination became stronger as more people realized that a human being is a human being regardless of skin color. Knowledge is power. African Americans are dark skinned due to the adaptation of a specific environment, not because they weren't human or are less than human.