African Americans began to live as citizens with some measure of equality before the law. Both freedmen and people of color who had been free before the war began to make more advances in education, family stability and jobs. At the same time, there was tremendous social volatility in the aftermath of war, with many whites actively resisting defeat and the free labor market. White insurgents mobilized to enforce white supremacy, first in Ku Klux Klan chapters.
African Americans began to live as citizens with some measure of equality before the law Both freedmen and people of color who had been free before the war began to make more advances in education family stability and jobs At the same time there was tremendous social volatility in the aftermath of war with many whites actively resisting defeat and the free labor market White insurgents mobilized to enforce white supremacy first in Ku Klux Klan chapters