Assignment Task: What did freedpersons and their descendants say and do to win full equality and what prevented them from achieving their goal by the turn of the twentieth century?
Sentence 1: State as clearly and directly as possible your answer to the question, above.
Sentence 2: Defend your statement in Sentence 1 by addressing evidence from one or more of the assigned readings and explaining why that evidence is relevant to your point.
Sentence 3: Provide a brief quote from the evidence you addressed, telling reader who is being quoted and explaining why the quote supports your argument.