Famous Cases of the FBI - Civil Rights (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

This is an illustrated 4,800 word book on the FBI's introduction into the Civil Rights movement and a background on racism in America.After the Union won the war, and with the collapse of the institution of slavery, it was the hope of many that blacks would quickly rise in their citizen status. However, there were several problems with this hope. The first was the bitterness the South felt about the Civil War, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments. The second was basic prejudice. For centuries, most blacks had been relegated to a sub-human status, and that feeling, even among many Northerners, was not going away with the abolition of slavery. Once the Southern states regained control of their own governments, following Reconstruction, the racial barriers were quickly enacted.But many believed that there was still injustice, and the issue lurked in the background until 1898. In 1898, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Plesy v Ferguson, that separate but equal public facilities for blacks and whites was constitutional. This led to more than half a century of institutionalized racism and murder against Americans of African heritage.