With Lee’s surrender, the country can imagine for the first time what a true, multiracial democracy might look like. Across the country, people work to push America closer to its founding ideals. Laws are passed abolishing slavery, guaranteeing equal protection before the law, granting Black men the right to vote, and banning segregation. Black people acquire land, establish schools, and form churches. There are Black congressmen and Black senators and even a Black Governor. There is hope and progress and a sense of possibility.

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