Reconstruction had mixed effects on Southern blacks, granting them rights but also resulting in discrimination and economic challenges.
Reconstruction affected Southern blacks by providing them with freedom, voting rights, and access to education; however, it also led to an interracial struggle that resulted in violence against blacks. Despite efforts to secure citizenship rights, discrimination persisted, leading to the passage of Jim Crow laws and disenfranchisement. The economic shifts post-Reconstruction, like sharecropping, further marginalized both white and black farmers in the South.
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