- People were still trying to say that the 14th amendment is not allowed to be a thing
- Tourgee argued that the separation laws were not for the public good. That law was only benefiting white’s, making sure they are happy and superior over blacks
- Grady was an advocate of the New South
- He thought of radical reconstruction as a revolution in three steps: establish equal economic rights for blacks, equal political rights, let them have the right to vote, equal social and civil rights.
- Grady believed there was a natural difference between blacks and white.
Mismeasure of man
- There always seems to be a hierarchy when it comes to race
- Some people chose to use the bible to prove their point about whites being in power and there being a lower view of black people
Trials and Tribulations 