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. ... A final blow to the hopes for national protection of African American civil rights was dealt with The Force Bill of 1890. ... The amount of racism thriving in the Southern states made any chances of the State support of Black rights virtually nil. The Supreme Court supported the Southerners" push for black social subordination, when in 1883 the Civil Rights Act of 1875 was nullified. ... (Zinn, 200) The "separate but equal" doctrine spread lik...
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