<Tab/><Tab/><Tab/><Tab/><Tab/> Wrestling over Civil Right's during Reconstruction After the civil war our nation faced the difficult task of reuniting the states. Over 2 million slaves had been freed after the civil war and one fifth of white males had died in the war. Plantation owners traditionally ruled southern society and they were …showed first 75 words of 936 total…

…showed last 75 words of 936 total…were built and blacks started to gain education. Despite rampant segregation in the South, some blacks were able to hold public office and by 1877 they were able to serve on juries. The African American vote counted and was a deciding factor in the 1968 election. Most African American's only knew farming and share cropped, but their children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren would become better educated and help to bring about more changes in years to come.