# @ajcnews on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DU8kMCZD_Su
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/56893486-ajcnews-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-02-19T16:33:19.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** AJC (@ajcnews) — https://gondola.cc/ajcnews

## Caption

During the Reconstruction era in the decades after the Civil War, Atlanta’s Black residents found themselves free in a technical sense, yet bound by the customs and prejudices of the times.

Even before the widespread institution of Jim Crow laws, Black people faced seemingly insurmountable obstacles when it came to their attempts to rise above subsistence level.

But the weapons of oppression were occasionally blunted by the economic realities of daily life. Everybody has to eat, and nobody likes paying high grocery prices.

In the book “The Black Side,” Rev. E.R. Carter credited Floyd Crumbly with an observation that felt bold for the time. Crumbly was known to say Black men, “if given a white man’s chance and let alone, will accomplish what any other race has accomplished or can accomplish.”

Read the full story and find more Black History Month content at the link in our bio. 

In partnership with Kroger. #AJCpartnerKroger

🖋️ : Henri Hollis
📸 : AJC | Archival image | Archival image from "The Black Side" by Rev. E.R. Carter�
🎨 : Broly Su / AJC

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