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... This is exactly what happened during the reconstruction of the south after the civil war due to the federal government failure to find a middle ground. In the south, after the civil war, African Americans where granted the right to vote, get a job, and be a part of society like normal.
When you impose so many laws, that the majority of the people can not qualify for what you fought so hard for, then it wasn’t worth it. ... For example, though more than 130,000 blacks were registered to vote in Louisiana in 1896, only 1,342 were on the rolls in 1904,” (Jim Crow laws denied blacks dignity, jacksonsun. ... “Jim Crow laws touched every aspect of everyday life. ... In 1930, Birmingham, Alabama, made it illegal for Blacks and Whites to play checkers or dominoes together,” (What Was Jim Crow?
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