A 3000 word essay discussing the statement in question is accurate in some aspects of African American life within the period 1865-1900. However, it will be shown that not all aspects of African American life ‘moved back towards slavery’ such as educational progress which will be shown to have been sustained throughout the discussed period. Factors that will support the notion that African Americans ‘stood for a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again towards slavery’ are politica...

2000 word essay that discusses whether the civil rights movement was more successful at a national level because only once there was national attention did any change occur at grassroots level which is especially true for educational and employment desegregation. The issue of housing desegregation achieved little success both locally and nationally due to legislation being continuously undermined. The importance of white public opinion is also explored and will show that it was successful at a n...