How did the failures of Reconstruction continue to have an impact on the African American community and civil rights, even into the 21st century?

Question- How did the failures of Reconstruction continue to have an impact on the African American community and civil rights, even into the 21st century?  

Answer- The first African Americans to serve in the United States Congress were Republicans elected during the Reconstruction Era. After slaves were emancipated and granted citizenship rights, freedmen gained political representation in the Southern United States for the first time.

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an outline of all three paragraphsan identification of the historical era that you are writing aboutan explanation of the term mass productiona description of two ways new technology affected industrya conclusion that shows how new technologies allowed industrialization to grow