Black Codes & Labor Day

Labor Day is a federal holiday in the United States that is celebrated on the first Monday of September every year. It is a day to honor and recognize the contributions and achievements of American workers to the country’s strength, prosperity, and well-being. The status of Blacks was the focal problem of Reconstruction. Slavery had been abolished by the Thirteenth Amendment, but the white people of the South were determined to keep the Black population in "their place," socially, politically, and economically. This was done by means of the notorious "Black Codes," passed by several of the state legislatures. Northerners regarded these codes as a revival of slavery in disguise. The first such body of statutes, and probably the harshest, was passed in Mississippi in November 1865. During Reconstruction, in several states in the South, former Whigs formed a Conservative Party. However, a little later white southerners showed a steadfast commitment to ensuring their supremacy and the survival of plantation agriculture in the postwar years. Support for Reconstruction policies waned after the early 1870s, undermined by the violence of white supremacist organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan. #BlackCodes #WhoseLabor #LaborDay #PoorPeopleFedUp #Unity#AntiConservatism #CommunityOverCompetition #Racism #CapitalismKills #StopTheWarOnThePoor #TrumpNotWelcome thank you for continuing to like and share the podcast and check us out here >>> https://linktr.ee/blackbrownunitedinaction your solidarity is greatly appreciated 🫵🏽✊🏿✊🏾!