And as Reconstruction-era corruption and violence spun out of control, he drew cartoons that criticized black legislators as strongly as earlier cartoons had championed black suffrage and lamented ...

The exhibit, which runs through Aug. 21 in the museum's Bank of America Special Exhibitions Gallery, guides visitors through Reconstruction using the stories of those who lived it.

The report documents 34 mass lynchings during the Reconstruction era, including an estimated 200 black people killed over several days in September 1868 after attempting to participate in the ...

Historian Eric Foner said misconceptions about the Reconstruction era helped uphold white supremacy in the South, and a greater understanding of the period can provide context for the economic… ...

“Freedom Was in Sight! A Graphic History of Reconstruction in the Washington, D.C., Region” details the reassessment of the Reconstruction era. The book highlights the creation of the ...

In this vein, Emma Green in a recent New Yorker article questions whether Hillsdale College provides an adequate study of the Reconstruction period of American history, suggesting that Hillsdale ...

Looking at the Post Reconstruction of the mid 1800’s , we see a disturbing pattern of reactionary forces that drastically pushed Black Americans into an era of terror, segregation, and severe ...

The Reconstruction period refers to the post-Civil War years between 1865 and 1877 when the federal government took uniquely aggressive efforts to repair the divided nation, and to establish and ...

The Reconstruction era—a period from roughly 1865-1877—saw immense social, political, and economic growth as the U.S. worked to rebuild society in the aftermath of the Civil War.

This historical era witnessed the first attempt by the U.S. government to promote racial equality after centuries of slavery. The class will explore issues dividing the nation in the post-war years, ...