Although former slaves and other African Americans were given the right to vote by the Fifteenth Amendment, many of the educational gains they had achieved were eroded or lost in the period following Reconstruction. This can be traced to

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The erosion of educational gains for African Americans after Reconstruction can be traced to a lowering of their power to exert political influence, not to an increase in political participation or a decreasing interest in formal education.

Although Former Slaves and Other African Americans Were Given the Right