Reconstruction Era Visuals Project

I chose to do my project on the Black Codes, I found them the most interesting during the reconstruction era. Black Codes were laws passed by congress in southern states that restricted blacks. Although legally free, the Black Codes exposed the “true freedom” the blacks in the south had achieved. Many Black Codes were created by racists communities that found a loophole in freedom. These Black Codes were scattered across all of the southern states, but some had it worse than others. Black Codes connected a lot of racism and reconstruction. The southern states had multiple Black Codes but not all were passed, but because these areas were so heavily racist, the reconstruction era focused a lot on demolishing them. My visual Infographic is trying to get across the idea that different areas had different black codes and what exactly they were. Two things that may not be clear to my reader on my visual is that each state is not divided by counties or cities, just by different laws that correspond with the states. Some states such as Texas only have one because not all Black Codes were written down, most places had a lot more than what was recorded. The law did not enforce these codes, the communities did. The other thing that may confuse my reader is the other graph, which represents the top 5 states with the most Black Codes, and their numbers. The point of this Infographic is to give readers more context about the reconstruction era and it's importance.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uAQf-qxNLBoqLqpgohwkyiT2w7m8i6G5HLh21Ri-L0k/edit