President Abraham Lincoln died after being shot the previous evening by John Wilkes Booth. His death came just days after the end of the Civil War and had profound implications for African Americans. Lincoln’s leadership during the war and his issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation were pivotal in the abolition of slavery. His assassination left Reconstruction efforts in the hands of less sympathetic successors, contributing to a more difficult path for Black civil rights in the post-war era.
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