但在1877年“重建”结束后，南方在长达近一个世纪的时间里全力推行系统性种族歧视，直到美国国会主要在北方民主党人的支持下，通过了1964年民权法案和1965年选举权法案。
Yet after “Reconstruction” ended in 1877, the South vigorously practiced systemic racism for almost a century, until the US Congress enacted the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act, mainly with the support of northern Democrats.