What was life like for african americans in reconstruction

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What was life like for most African Americans in Reconstruction? How did the amendments to the Constitution (13th, 14th, 15th) renew hopes for freedom? Were they enforced? How or how not? What challenges did freed slaves face despite newly found freedoms? What of the women's movements after the war (especially including around peace, suffrage, and temperance)? Discuss these in light of the civil rights movements of the Reconstruction and their potential legacy. Did these movements succeed in winning rights for Americans? If so how? If not, how not? Both? Are these conflicts still with us today? Explain.

More than 4 citations from the book (Eric Foner, Give Me Liberty, Seagull 6th ed., Vol 2 (New York: W.W. Norton, 2020)

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