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Reconstruction: The Laws of the Land

Civics 101

CHAPTER

The Struggle for Black Voting Rights Post-Reconstruction

This chapter examines the systemic efforts used by Southern states to disenfranchise newly freed Black Americans after Reconstruction, detailing the challenges faced in securing voting rights. It highlights the emergence of Jim Crow laws and judicial decisions that eroded civil rights, culminating in the pivotal changes brought about by the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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