How does this description of life for freedmen compare to henry adams’s statement?

Henry Adam's statement was spot on. The Civil War, through looking at what happened to the African American population in the south (atrocities that happened to the population) are proof that there wasn't a lot of change for the African American people. It may be that they had more liberties and freedoms in the books, but they were still property to the views of white people.

affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts