The Reconstruction Period, which may also be known as Radical Reconstruction, took place from 1865 to 1877 (Foner, 439). Throughout this period, a coherent definition of freedom had not yet been established, which led to many disadvantages especially for African American communities. During this time political, social, and economic issues affected the South. Therefore, it became important for the Union to restore order in the Confederate state. In 1865 Congress established the Freedmen's Bureau which brought a positive result, but was not sufficient to solve all the problems established. According to Eric Foner, the Freedmen's Bureau was seen as a government experiment with the idea of ​​establishing a sense of equality among social interactions. Not only that, but he offered assistance to the poor and the elderly, brought peace between whites, blacks and freedmen, and helped establish equality between different social classes before the courts. Many expectations were placed when it was defined, but unfortunately not all of them were realized. Although notable results were observed, by the end of 1877 African Americans experienced disenfranchisement, segregation, and racism. Making use of Ways of white folks written by Langston Hughes and Give me Liberty by Eric Foner, both authors help describe an accurate idea of ​​African American and white social and cultural interaction. The interaction between African Americans and whites differed in every aspect, especially socially. problems. Social interaction between these two groups was unequal. The African American suffered racial discrimination. This struggle can be best described in “Cora Unashamed”. “Cora Unashamed” by Langston Hughes effectively portrays the inequality between African America… the center of the card… a white woman, so many false accusations have been leveled at him as an African American. His action was seen first as an insult and then as a form of attack against white women and as members of the white social class began to increase by provoking a mob the accusations led to the conviction of rape. As a result, it was a common practice in the South between the late 1800s and the mid-1900s. Throughout the period 1883-1905, lynching was a widespread practice especially in the South (Foner, 522). Lynching is described as “a practice in which people (usually black) accused of a crime were killed by mobs before standard trials (Foner, A-82).” Unfortunately, lynching in the South only required an accusation or form of misunderstanding for an innocent person to be killed by a mob. In both Shameless Cora and Home you can see racial discrimination, but from a different point of view.