it's estimated that anywhere from 60 to 150 African Americans were killed. “The bloodiest single instance of racial carnage in the Reconstruction era, the Colfax massacre taught many lessons ...

This spring, the National Park Service will unveil its list of proposed sites to commemorate Reconstruction ... African American men the right to vote. If you think you can dismiss the issues ...

So what came next for all the African American Freedmen who were unsure of their futures? The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments all came about during the Reconstruction period, with the intended ...

As states around the country have been adopting policies and passing laws restricting how teachers can discuss race and racism in the classroom, the School District of Philadelphia is continuing ...

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After the Civil War, during the Reconstruction period (1865–1877), newly freed African Americans, along with some white ...

In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln’s gave African Americans hope with the impending Emancipation Proclamation and whispers of the upcoming end of slavery. But despite its defeat, the Confederate ...

Rewriting South Carolina's Constitution during the Reconstruction Era saw him help secure rights for African Americans, later reversed by white supremacists. Supporters hope the statue will help ...

In her powerful and deeply moving history of the Reconstruction era ... of the newly freed found no emancipation at all. “To African Americans, freedom at the end of the Civil War wasn ...

Buildings in Charleston, Camden, and Columbia attest to the contributions of free African-Americans during the antebellum period. The years of Civil War and Reconstruction are remembered in places ...