elite african americans

During the Reconstruction period, congress sent to the states three important new amendments the Constitution. The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery, while the Fourteenth Amendment made black citizens, equal to their white counterparts. The fifteenth Amendment states that no citizens could be stopped from voting because of their race or color. There were high spirits and vision of progress among blacks in America. These feelings of joy and happiness lasted shortly when laws were passed that …

…to challenge the conquer the oppression and assimilation that had plagued their people. Both fought oppression with different approaches, and each came away some what successful. Washington’s approach taught many blacks to improve their state of being, while DuBois created the NAACP to fight for the equal rights of his people. Both of these leaders made remarkable improvements in the black community, as they help to overcome oppression and assimilation in a racist society.