They endured when they were captured and sold as slaves, although slaves from other regions were sometimes simply afraid to import.
They suffered when they were exploited on plantations.
They suffered when they were released, but treated them as second-class people.
They suffered when they were hunted by the Ku Klux Klan.
And here, when they were made truly equal people, when they are not whispered by a supervisor, when the Ku Klux Klan is not hunted, their patience finally broke out and they took up the weapons...