Question

TRUE or FALSE? After the Civil War, there were blacks elected as legislators, but they were removed from office due to false accusations and it would be 100 years before another black became a legislator in Georgia.

Answer 1

TRUE. After the Civil War, during the period known as Reconstruction, there were black legislators elected in Georgia and other Southern states. However, they faced many challenges and were often subjected to false accusations and intimidation tactics by white supremacists. This ultimately led to their removal from office, and it would be nearly a century, during the Civil Rights Movement, before another black person was elected as a legislator in Georgia.