Learn about a pivotal time in American history and its momentous effects on civil rights in America.
Find out What went wrong in this fascinating overview of a troubled time..
But this time of hope didn\'t last long and instead, a deeply segregated United States continued on for another hundred years.
And indeed there were monumental changes once slavery ended -- thriving new Black communities, the first Black members in Congress, and a new sense of dignity for many Black Americans.
Reconstruction -- the period after the Civil War -- was meant to give newly freed Black people the same rights as white people.
Learn about a pivotal time in American history and its momentous effects on civil rights in America