GENG 260 1st Edition Lecture 10 Outline of Last Lecture I Discussion of The Tragic Mulatto by Victor Sejour Outline of Current Lecture I Reconstruction 1865 1877 Current Lecture The Tragic Mulatto o Mulatto mixed race burdened by a lack of knowledge of one s identity o Inability to fit in the black world or the white world forced to choose between them o Characterized by pathologies self hatred depression perversion suicide o Represents the Oedipal Complex because he kills his father without knowing it was his father Reconstruction 1865 1877 o The reconstruction amendments to the constitution 13th Abolition of slavery 14th Due process equal protection 15th Voting rights regardless of race color previous condition of servitude Hundreds of black legislators were elected during this time Literacy rates improved Nadir 1878 1915 the lowest point o Poll taxes and literacy tests stood in the way of African Americans voting o Jim Crow legislation laws enacted 1876 1965 separate but equal o 3500 African Americans were lynched during this time The Atlanta Exposition Address September 18 1895 o Cotton states and international exposition o Predominately white audience o Led to Atlanta Compromise focused on industrial and vocational training for African Americans no liberal arts These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute o In exchange African Americans would deal with discrimination segregation and would not ask to be able to vote