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The Role of Community Institutions and Amendments in Black Struggles for Equality
The books during Reconstruction did not tell the truth according to an 88-year-old North Carolina freedman./nBlack southerners relied on community institutions like black churches and schools for support./nThe 14th and 15th Amendments provided a legal framework to defend black people's rights./nThe 1960 Civil Rights Movement partially fulfilled the promises of Reconstruction./nReconstruction was an era of possibility and change in American democracy./nThe next episode of the podcast will discuss the legacy of Reconstruction and African Americans' efforts to counter the Confederacy's narrative.