The 14th and 15 amendments, yes, but also a legacy of the worst race relations in US history. After the Civil War, whites in the South felt so insecure about their place in their own society that they lashed out against blacks in horrid retribution that lasted until the Civil Rights era. 100 years of a different kind of slavery.
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Americans lose interest in reconstruction in the laste 1870s because conservatives had regained control the south.
Conditions for African Americans in the south.
They were brought in from Africa, although they are called AFRICAN-Americans most of them come from Asia and Europe.
African Americans, who lost federal protection of their civil rights
Most African Americans had not learned to read while they were slaves.