White rage hindering Black progress
The first African Americans to serve in Congress were Republicans elected during the…
Reconstruction
The end of Reconstruction and its continuing effects
The debate over Reconstruction and the Freedmen’s Bureau was nationwide. This 1866…
1877: The end of Reconstruction and the beginning of American apartheid
An 1867 illustration depicting Black people participating in a New Orleans election…
The compromise that ended Reconstruction
By Attorney Jacqueline Hubbard, President, ASALH When the Civil War ended in 1865, the…