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The Freedman's Bureau was a group that helped former slaves and African Americans after they became free. They would assist them with food, and shelter
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The Ku Klux Klan forms. The KKK is a group that goes around lynching black men and women and whites who helped the black men.
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Share cropping was when land owners provided housing, tools, and seed in return for peoples services. The share croppers would then receive a share of the crop in return.
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Fisk and Howard Universities opened up to allow black people to receive an education. Along with these many other primary and secondary schools also opened.
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Civil Rights Act of 1866 gave African Americans citizenship and forbade the passing of discriminatory laws in the states. This was a step in the right direction although most states still used discriminatory laws passed before the civil rights act.
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The Fourteenth Amendment addressed citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws, and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the American Civil War.
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The Fifteenth Amendment was ratified and gave African American Men the rights to vote.
