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The period from 1865 to 1877 was known as Reconstruction, a time when the federal government attempted to rebuild the South and integrate formerly enslaved people into society after the Civil War. During Reconstruction, the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments were put into place. This abolished slavery, granted equal protection by law for Black Americans, and granted Black men the right to vote.

In addition, organizations like the Freedmen's Bureau, a U.S. government agency, helped provide education and economic support to Black communities. However, white Southerners resisted these changes.

In addition, organizations like the Freedmen's Bureau, a U.S. government agency, helped provide education and economic support to Black communities. However, white Southerners resisted these changes.

In addition, organizations like the Freedmen's Bureau, a U.S. government agency, helped provide education and economic support to Black communities. However, white Southerners resisted these changes.

The Jim Crow laws were named after Jump Jim Crow, a character created in the 1830s by white performer Thomas Dartmouth Rice dressed in blackface. So just keep that in mind for a second. Jim Crow was not a real person. And if you're familiar with all the Jim Crow laws that follow that, it's really interesting and also very concerning.

The Jim Crow laws were named after Jump Jim Crow, a character created in the 1830s by white performer Thomas Dartmouth Rice dressed in blackface. So just keep that in mind for a second. Jim Crow was not a real person. And if you're familiar with all the Jim Crow laws that follow that, it's really interesting and also very concerning.

The Jim Crow laws were named after Jump Jim Crow, a character created in the 1830s by white performer Thomas Dartmouth Rice dressed in blackface. So just keep that in mind for a second. Jim Crow was not a real person. And if you're familiar with all the Jim Crow laws that follow that, it's really interesting and also very concerning.

This character, along with other blackface characters, aimed to perpetuate negative stereotypes about African Americans, painting them as lazy, ignorant, hypersexual, criminal, or cowardly.

This character, along with other blackface characters, aimed to perpetuate negative stereotypes about African Americans, painting them as lazy, ignorant, hypersexual, criminal, or cowardly.

This character, along with other blackface characters, aimed to perpetuate negative stereotypes about African Americans, painting them as lazy, ignorant, hypersexual, criminal, or cowardly.

Although strict Jim Crow laws were primarily enforced in the southern states, racial discrimination permeated the entire U.S., creating significant barriers for Black Americans. As we tell Alice's story, we will come to see how her achievements, despite these broader societal limitations, further highlight her remarkable resilience and determination.

Although strict Jim Crow laws were primarily enforced in the southern states, racial discrimination permeated the entire U.S., creating significant barriers for Black Americans. As we tell Alice's story, we will come to see how her achievements, despite these broader societal limitations, further highlight her remarkable resilience and determination.

Although strict Jim Crow laws were primarily enforced in the southern states, racial discrimination permeated the entire U.S., creating significant barriers for Black Americans. As we tell Alice's story, we will come to see how her achievements, despite these broader societal limitations, further highlight her remarkable resilience and determination.

Yes, Ellen Craft. Not only did she try to pass off as white, but she also tried to pass success and successfully did so as a man. And she escaped with her husband from the South all the way up to the North to Boston.

Yes, Ellen Craft. Not only did she try to pass off as white, but she also tried to pass success and successfully did so as a man. And she escaped with her husband from the South all the way up to the North to Boston.

Yes, Ellen Craft. Not only did she try to pass off as white, but she also tried to pass success and successfully did so as a man. And she escaped with her husband from the South all the way up to the North to Boston.

Yeah, it's trying to hide a part of who she is from the moment she's born.

Yeah, it's trying to hide a part of who she is from the moment she's born.

Yeah, it's trying to hide a part of who she is from the moment she's born.

And I think it does really stem back to when you have a child, when you do everything you can to protect them and to know that the society that they're about to grow up in is completely pinned against them and the odds of them getting the education they deserve and becoming the successful person that they dream their child can and should be