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This article had many different subjects but I think the main theme was the tough journey that blacks went through in the face of mistreatment by whites. Before the Civil War the Ohio river and the Mason-Dixon line was the line between slavery and freedom. After the Civil War this line had still served as a divider in racial equality. Blacks had many more opportunities in the North and were treated with a little more respect. This is not to say that there was equality in the North, but it was a much more favorable environment than in the South. The Dred Scott v. Sanford case highlighted the issues on a national level when it ruled that blacks "had no rights which the white man was bound to respect." This ruling was dealt with the issue of newly freed slaves in the South, but became applicable to the nation at large. 
This ruling, along with many of the policies that were carried out after that war, show that racism was still very prevalent. Even in the North, were Blacks could migrate for a chance at a better life they were faced with discrimination and unnecessarily difficult circumstances. Blacks were forced to develop public institutions within their own communities in order to ensure they had some equality in education, community centers, etc. Through adversity many leaders emerged that helped the black community pull itself up from its' bootstraps and develop a community in which people could rely on each other. It is unfortunate that blacks had to go through extra adversity in the decades after their emancipation. It is a testament to their resolve that blacks have created an environment in which they can be seen on the most part, as equals.