The end of slavery brought new expectations for all African Americans, whether they had been slaves or not. Taking advantage of the new choices that freedom opened, they tried to create independent lives for themselves, and they developed social institutions that helped to define black communities. African Americans also expected political and economic equality...
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The end of slavery brought new expectations for all African Americans, whether they had been slaves or not. Taking advantage of the new choices that freedom opened, they tried to create independent lives for themselves, and they developed social institutions that helped to define black communities. African Americans also expected political and economic equality...
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african americans Slavery was a controversial issue in American society and politics. The growth of abolitionism, which opposed the institution of slavery, culminated in the 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, and was one reason for the secession of the Confederate States of America, which led to the American Civil War (1861 - 1865)...	4 / 903
african americans The boycott proved to the world that common African Americans could unite and organize a successful protest movement. By 1965, the leading civil rights groups began to drift apart...	2 / 470
African Americans They were primarily small businessmen, ministers, teachers, and undertakers-with a few doctors, lawyers and pharmacists. African Americans found minuscule white-collar opportunities in either the public or private sectors where their growth was limited...	2 / 459
African Americans Status In 1890 The greatest changes were made during the civil rights movement in the 1950's and 1960's when blacks stood up for themselves and gained their rights as American citizens...	2 / 439