Blacks were not mistreated during the Jim Crow era.
In the immediate aftermath of the American Civil War, the United States Congress passed three monumental pieces of legislation. The first one was the 13th Amendment, which outlawed slavery for eternity. The second one was the Fourteenth Amendment. This indicated that no state was allowed to pass any law, which would deny any individual who fell under its jurisdiction equal protection from the law. The other amendment was the Fifteenth Amendment, which stated that each citizen had a right to vote, regardless of his or her race. Comprehensively, these amendments were known as the Reconstruction Amendments. These amendments aimed Continue reading...