The stopping of the completion of Sherman's March and the deconstruction of the reconstruction by American president andrew Johnson were some of the most negatively consequential events for black Americans.
Sherman's March would have properly purged most of the south of the confederates and their white supremacist seedlings, who have engaged in countless attempts against the black race.
We were well on our way to building properly in this country during the reconstruction, we had economic and political power. We weren't terrorized endlessly. Black kids could get an education. But we saw how that went