How effective or ineffective (or both) was Reconstructionin solving issues of race and racism in our nation?

During the second part of this class, we explored the evolution of race and racism from theReconstruction period through the Civil Rights Movement(s). Many scholars have argued thatthe process of Reconstruction and the quest for civil rights did not end after the Civil War butwas ongoing. Trace the role that issues of race and racism played in the nation after the CivilWar to the Civil Rights Movement(s). How effective or ineffective (or both) was Reconstructionin solving issues of race and racism in our nation? What role does Gerstle’s idea of civicnationalism and racial nationalism play in this?