After Emancipation - I Remember Our History® The G. C, and Frances Hawley Museum® - North Carolina Black History
This 3D exhibit is a preview of our collection on our web site.
After the Civil War, with the protection of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and the Civil Rights Act of 1866, African Americans lived in a period when the men were allowed to vote, actively participate in the political process, acquire the land of former owners, seek their own employment, and use public accommodations. Education was at the top of the list for formerly enslaved Black Americans, and schools and colleges were built all across the United States.
White American opponents of this progress, however, soon made plans to restrict the former slaves' freedom and began to find means for eroding the gains for which many former slaves had shed their blood for. By creating Black codes, violent attacks on Black businesses, churches, schools, and the homes of Black Americans, a fear and violent campaign was waged.
I Remember Our History® The G. C, and Frances Hawley Museum® - North Carolina Black History
The G. C. and Frances Hawley Museum® is a subsidiary of Behind The Scenes (In Action)LLC
Website: https://www.irememberourhistory.org/
After the Civil War, with the protection of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and the Civil Rights Act of 1866, African Americans lived in a period when the men were allowed to vote, actively participate in the political process, acquire the land of former owners, seek their own employment, and use public accommodations. Education was at the top of the list for formerly enslaved Black Americans, and schools and colleges were built all across the United States.
White American opponents of this progress, however, soon made plans to restrict the former slaves' freedom and began to find means for eroding the gains for which many former slaves had shed their blood for. By creating Black codes, violent attacks on Black businesses, churches, schools, and the homes of Black Americans, a fear and violent campaign was waged.
I Remember Our History® The G. C, and Frances Hawley Museum® - North Carolina Black History
The G. C. and Frances Hawley Museum® is a subsidiary of Behind The Scenes (In Action)LLC
Website: https://www.irememberourhistory.org/
