But at the end of it all, most people didn’t give much thought to the important period that followed the war: the Reconstruction Era. Though the rebuilding of the nation has had lasting effects, ...

If popular culture helps Americans understand history, there’s good news and bad news for the period known as Reconstruction. The good news: The era’s story is told in two of the biggest ...

His article in The Atlantic is called "The Years of Jubilee" and it's part of a new issue centered around the unfinished legacy of the Reconstruction Era. Vann Newkirk is a senior editor at the ...

In her powerful and deeply moving history of the Reconstruction era, Williams, an associate professor of history at Wayne State University, upends the narrative of the post-Civil War era as a ...

While women have historically been, especially during the Reconstruction era, advocates and underappreciated drivers of change and support, growing gender divisions structure public opinion.

The post-Civil War Reconstruction era marked a period of massive social, political, economic, and cultural advancements for Black Americans. Between 1865 and 1877, formerly enslaved people gained ...

Stephens’s 1870 assassination was one of the most notorious crimes perpetrated by the Reconstruction-era Klan. It resonated as far as Washington, where Congress was beginning to recognize the ...

BEAUFORT, Sc. (WTOC) - Four years ago, Reconstruction Era National Park was established to preserve and educate visitors about the role the area played during the late 1800s. Last year, the park ...

“The bloodiest single instance of racial carnage in the Reconstruction era, the Colfax massacre taught many lessons, including the lengths to which some opponents of Reconstruction would go to ...

But at the end of it all, most people didn’t give much thought to the important period that followed the war: the Reconstruction Era. Though the rebuilding of the nation has had lasting effects, ...