The end of Reconstruction and its continuing effects
The debate over Reconstruction and the Freedmen’s Bureau was nationwide. This 1866…
Reconstruction
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…