1. African Americans in the Post
After the passage of these amendments, two of the three branches of government disconnected themselves with the issue of black civil rights. ... The Court prompted discrimination by implying that if blacks wanted legal protection, they would need to seek it from their state, not national, government. ... Although the Radical Republicans had embarked on a costly Reconstruction plan and set up legislation meant to protect black civil rights, the blacks did not thrive. ... Rulings made in the later half of the 19th Century reduced the scope of the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments, and lead to th...
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