I feel like the official version is:>civil war ends>blacks emancipated>whites don't want blacks to have political power>southern democrats take back control from yankee military governors>pass black codes to limit black rightsand thats itBut I think it misses some things.for instance, what does not allowing a black to sit at the lunch counter in a diner have to do with political rights?was there "black fatigue" experienced during the reconstruction era that was used to justify segregation?according to official history, KKK was a terrorist organization formed to suppress blacks from votingbut the film Birth of a Nation, which was produced in 1915, when many people who lived in the immediate aftermath of the civil war were still alive, paints the KKK as a vigilante organization, which was the right version?Really want to find some literature/documents from 1870-1900, IMO that would be the best source. Any leads?
>>18511437> which was the right version?Both. They killed black people for alleged crimes without due process + used violence to enforce the social order. They, were, unironically, keeping niggas down.
>>18511437>>18511460How have blacks benefitted Whites since the civil war or ending segregation?
>>18511471not muchsegregation ended because of cold war international pressure. lots of nonwhite countries got independence and ameriga didnt want to give them a bad image. also USSR was like "but you are lynching negroes" anytime ameriga criticized soviets for human rights
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>>18511497but LBJ was the one who ditched redneck southern democrats and replaced them with black voting base. then Nixon picked them up.
>>18511471> benefitted WhitesThat's mostly occured indirectly via their slight to moderate benefit to America.
