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[–] Jikiya@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Reconstruction needed at least 50 more years before it ended, instead the feds threw in the towel, and rights got snatched away so fast, with too few caring cause they were white, and weren't living in the south.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

Even ten years would've resulted in less backsliding. Hell, even four more years would've been a godsend, considering that Grant's second term ended just as South Carolina experienced a literal white supremacist coup.

We needed more, much more, but we couldn't even get a sliver more.

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