How Did Economic Political And Social Violence Affect African Americans
The changes in economics, politics, and social violence, affected many African Americans in the New South. African Americans were believed to be free and no longer slaves; the reconstruction amendments were ratified granting them their rights. However, majority of white men opposed the idea of blacks being free. The idea of blacks and whites being together in society was a repulsive idea to many white me. The New South affected African American by dividing color, oppurtunity, and the restriction of their inalienable rights.
The segregated South affected many African Americans. There was a division between black and whites. Majority of black farmers suffered from the South's condition. In the upper south, the economic development offered opportunities …show more content…
Restrictions like the grandfather clause, allowed white voters to avoid the poll taxes and literacy test to disenfranchise African American votes. A similar tactic
known as the literacy test, were a series of unreasonable questions that was given to African American to prove their education level. The chances for black men to vote were not likely due to the restrictions and limitations. The use of these voting restrictions limited blacks to contribute in political matters.
Along with disenfranchisement, there was a widespread of segregation in the South. The South sustained the law of “separate but equal”. Many schools, hospitals, and bathrooms have separate facilities for blacks but they lack the quality. It was a society built that whites had the upper hand to be more of a “dominant race”. If African Americans sought to fight the system or refused the behaviors of southern life then violent threats would arise. White mobs would attack black men and lynched them even for a crime they did not commit. One look from a black man to a white man would be lynched to death with no justification. Even though the United States is known for itself the “land of the free” it was not free for African Americans and the limitations on their natural
The segregated South affected many African Americans. There was a division between black and whites. Majority of black farmers suffered from the South's condition. In the upper south, the economic development offered opportunities …show more content…
Restrictions like the grandfather clause, allowed white voters to avoid the poll taxes and literacy test to disenfranchise African American votes. A similar tactic
known as the literacy test, were a series of unreasonable questions that was given to African American to prove their education level. The chances for black men to vote were not likely due to the restrictions and limitations. The use of these voting restrictions limited blacks to contribute in political matters.
Along with disenfranchisement, there was a widespread of segregation in the South. The South sustained the law of “separate but equal”. Many schools, hospitals, and bathrooms have separate facilities for blacks but they lack the quality. It was a society built that whites had the upper hand to be more of a “dominant race”. If African Americans sought to fight the system or refused the behaviors of southern life then violent threats would arise. White mobs would attack black men and lynched them even for a crime they did not commit. One look from a black man to a white man would be lynched to death with no justification. Even though the United States is known for itself the “land of the free” it was not free for African Americans and the limitations on their natural