Complex sentence: Across the South black communities developed their own Progressive reform projects, Involving upgrading the schools, modernizing church operations, expanding business opportunities, fighting for a larger share of state budgets, and engaging in legal action to secure equal rights.
Split into simpler sentences: Across the South black communities developed their own Progressive reform projects. Reaction and Reform, 1900-1917 (2005) Typical projects involved upgrading the schools, modernizing church operations, expanding business opportunities, fighting for a larger share of state budgets, and engaging in legal action to secure equal rights.