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How did African Americans face discrimination in the mid 1800s?

Were African Americans free during Reconstruction? Doesn't need to be a "yes" or "no" answer. 

Did the Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1876) change life in the United States for African-Americans?

Were African Americans free during Reconstruction?  It doesn't need to be a "yes" or "no" answer.

Why did Malcolm X go to Mecca

How were blacks treated in 1948-1973 in the southern United States?

What were the experiences of African Americans after the Civil War to 1940?

To what extent have African Americans assimilated into US society?

In what ways was the Progressive Era especially challenging for African Americans?

What was the main idea in Alain Locke's essay (anthologized in a collection of the same title) "The New Negro"?

Why were the majority of African Americans become Democrats during Franklin Roosevelt's time in office after having been Republicans before that? I understand it was because of the New Deal but can you explain what it was about the New Deal and what it was about the Republican party before that

Which of the following was true of the rights of African-Americans, in the late 19th century, especially in the South? African American rights A. finally began to improve. B. was serverely curtailed through segregation and disenfranchisement. C. were somewhat worse than before, but would soon return to equality. D. included all of the above. My answer for this is A.

What are some personal issues of internalized oppression that African Americans have to overcome?

To what extent have African Americans assimilated into US society?  

Would the church be an institution that provided a comfortable place or mutual aid to African Americans prior to 1960?

Martin Luther King and Malcolm X both fought for change. What were the similarities and differences between them?

Investigate the overwhelming struggle that African Americans encountered between the late 1860s and the 1930s as they tried to secure rights that had been granted them by the 14th & 15th amendments to the U.S Constitution.    

What does "Dred Scott Decision" represent when we talk of African American history?

What caused increased African American migration to the urban North during the First World War?

What resulted from the movement of tens of thousands of southern African Americans to the North during World War I?

What are some of the main cultures of African Americans?

Do you think the Civil War provided any kind of mutual aid to African Americans?

What are the four passages African Americans have made?

What do you consider to be ethnic and cultural music for African Americans?

How have African-Americans worked attain equality and civil rights?

How did the historic Dunbar Hotel help blacks in term of mutual aid?

How can I explain how African Americans have benefited from mutual aid?

Is my statement below about African American history accurate? From the late 1700's the development of blacks' rights caused rebellion rather than adjustment to slavery which eventually led to the signing of the Civil Rights Act.

In what way did organizations like the True Reformers and St. Luke’s Society help Africans Americans in terms of mutual aid?