Monuments first appeared during the Reconstruction era – 1865 to 1877 – when Southern states were occupied ... for Republicans at that time, were voting less in areas with monuments.

The systematic assault on elections has begun to recall the most politically fraught period in our history, the post-Civil War Reconstruction Era of the 1860s and 1870s. Voting is essential in any ...

But Republican dominance waned with the passing of Reconstruction, and some Southern states effectively neutralized the 14th and 15th Amendments. That is why the Voting Rights Act and subsequent ...

Blacks were voting overwhelmingly for Republicans. Many southern states were majority ... people by the Ku Klux Klan just during the brief Reconstruction period. Nearly 6,500 were killed by ...

As Election Day approaches ... to vote Democrat due to its historical ties and its opposition to Reconstruction. The southern political arena fundamentally changed in the 1960s during the civil ...