HIST 2112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Atlanta Exposition Speech, Fifteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, John Hardin
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9/1/15 - the problem of the twentieth century: the color line in america. White supremacy was based one white"s fears of losing political and economic power to freed slaves. Dubois: wrote the souls of black folk (1903) problem of 20th century is the problem of the color line . 14th amendment (ratified 1868: prohibited states from violating citizens" rights, guaranteed equality before the law. 15th amendment (ratified 1870: guaranteed the right of all american mall citizens to vote regardless of race. Year after war, white men began to enforce laws in order to regain white man control. Part of funding for program offered land for slaves. By 1870, freedmen"s bureau was ended by congress. Since the bureau failed, the states (in the south) were now in charge of the funding and education to african-american schools. Being racist was popular amongst white attitude. Rutherford b. hayes (r: committee votes and hayes become president.
