What was life like in the south for African Americans after Reconstruction ended in 1877?

In the south after the Reconstruction ended in 1877 African Americans had to deal with a ton of racism they received from White Americans in the South. Small groups began to form known as the Ku Klux Klan and they were groups that were anti-African American. These groups began lynching African Americans in the south because they did not accept the African American community and saw them as animals and bad people. A film released in 1915 named a Birth of a Nation was also released to show the hatred against African Americans. In the film African Americans were shown working in congress and being rude. There were also many stereotypes shown against the African Americans. This showed that even the film industry had shown racism against African Americans. In the south African Americans also had to deal with segregation. African Americans did not really have the same rights as white men . Even though African Americans had rights these rights were not followed by the rest of America. African Americans were segregated in schools and in public places. Again racism was the main problem African Americans had to face because it is what caused the divide between the white and black man. Labor rights was another problem for African Americans because they did not receive labor rights due to owners believing they were still men who worked for free.