Black codes came into play, which ultimately forced Black people back onto the planation to work, if they were found jobless or simply wandering, White people would lock them up. Even as freed Black people made progress during the Reconstruction period, they were greeted with hate, the influence of black codes and Jim Crow/convict laws enforced segregation legally and inequality in every aspect of society. Alexander states “clearly, the purpose of the black codes in general and the vagrancy laws in particular was to establish another system of forced labor” (28). Many racially driven hate groups formed during the aftermath of the civil war and beyond, that still terrorizes Black people today. Eventually the Civil Rights Movement occurred during the early 1950’s and late 1960’s, in which many gains were made for Black people, and non-Black people seeking gains in that movement.…