Paul Laurence Dunbars poetry (637-638), Frederick Douglasss excerpt from My Bondage and My Freedom (pgs 521-27) , and  Sojourner Truths An Account of an Experience with Discrimination, (555-56) paint a picture of the trials faced by African Americans during the American Realist Period. In an essay, discuss some of the societal challenges African Americans faced during and after the Civil War as well as the image of African Americans portrayed by both Dunbar and Truth. Use evidence from the poems and narrative to support your claim.