EOTO Blog 07/14

Today in class we learned about different events that either helped or weakened the civil rights movement in the late eighteen hundreds. These events were significant in the decades long crawl that would be best known by Jim Crow. However, a few bright advancements for African Americans happened in this time period such as increased education and congressional recognition. Specifically a man named Hiram Revels became the first African congressman. Along with becoming the first, Hiram took ex Confederate president Jefferson Davis's seat making the transfer symbolic. Along with increased political standing the first black university was founded, Howard University. This school was founded on the basis of higher black education. Another older school founded in 1837 is called the Institute for Colored Youth. This would be renamed as the Cheyney University.

However for every advancement the Black race has, the most bigoted whites have to tear them down. One event was the Memphis Riot, a bloody 3-day riot that would leave 46 African Americans killed and leave over 200 wounded. The cause of the riot was a white officer trying to arrest a black ex-soldier. 50 black men would surround and try to prevent his arrest leading to an all out gunfight. This would lead to the implementation of troops both white and black This would fuel racial tensions even more as the already pissed of white trash did not like black troops ordering them around. Ultimately the reconstruction era was a tumultuous time for African American Rights and would leave many weary as what's to come.

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