I guess; in hindsight, many are wondering if they were ever going to make it in the WASP country of the time. If those WASP ideals were still dominating our culture, they certainly would be better off today...
A lot of them found solace in Christian ritual, oddly enough. The best time was after being freed when that memory was still living. But to get a white Democrat to confess his attitude was wrong, was a tall order in that day, and he had to be passive-aggressive with Jim Crow and more.
We are dealing with what largely was Democrat sins. And even to this day, the black man is more his play toy than his potential peer... just watch how they behave when they actually are faced with integrating.