President Lincoln’s assassination was the beginning.
Through all the pain and suffering,
Of the Civil War ending
Came a newfound feeling of equality.

President Johnson’s term began,
Which started the major Reconstruction Plan,
The 14th and 15th amendments were born giving equal rights to every American man.
Then, came a newfound feeling of equality.

President Ulysses S. Grant was elected in 1869,
He promised to protect African-Americans at all times,
Now African-Americans of all kinds
Could feel, the newfound feeling of equality.