ULUH I've watched the trains as they disappeared behind the clouds of smoke, Carrying the crowds of working men to the land of hope. Working hard on southem sol. Someone softly spoke "Tailand tot, and toil and tol, And yet I'm always broke
-Becerpt from "The Land of Hope' by William Crosse from Chicago Defender c. 1920
The excerpt best supports which statement about African American Ife after Reconstruction?
Very few African Americans living in the south were permitted to vote or hold public office
Economic puth factors motivated many African Americans to migrate to the North and West
Jim Crow laws forced African Americans to use separate public facilities
African Americans relied on churches and other institutions to maintain a sense of community
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