They believe it is the intention of government to give the negro rights at their expense…as the negro is elevated, they must proportionately go down (Firsthand 39).” This quote helps to emphasize the struggle African-Americans encountered living in society. The African-Americans’ safety was in question among white settlers holding the belief of being overrun by the African-Americans.Even during the final stages of the Reconstruction-era, lynching of African-Americans was still taking place. It is recorded that there were two hundred fifty people lynched in 1892 (Firsthand 54). The reason for the lynching was said that the African-Americans continuously raped white women. Ida B. Wells, an African-American women proved the rape claims to be false in the majority of the instances and helped take part in an anti-lynching campaign in Tenessee (Firsthand 54). The campaign was, for the most part, successful and the public grew informed of the brutal acts. The African-Americans began to move West and by doing so, greatly reduced the white men’s income and avenged their deceased friends.The Reconstruction-era was an extremely rough period for the African-Americans as well as many white settlers. The African-Americans endured numerous hardships and losses as a result of the white settlers’ frustrations. Although the African-Americans’ losses were great during this time, the progress made throughout that period is amazing. Many of them were sent off with nothing, to live on their own and a number of them managed to meet success. Their largest success came when the Reconstruction-era ended. African-Americans fought and struggled for their freedom, rights, and equality, for years, and although it took them a long time, they accomplished what they set out to do. ...
