First there was the Civil War, which ended in 1865, and then there was the postwar era of Reconstruction, which is generally said to have ended in 1877. The war concluded with the surrender of the ...

As the GOP undermines Black political rights in the present, some right-wing intellectuals are rationalizing Black disenfranchisement in the past.

If American history is your "thing," this retelling of the post-Civil War period known as Reconstruction should be on your shelf. In April 1865, two huge events happened: The South surrendered ...

Many of the attacks during Reconstruction, particularly after black people began to gain political power, were even more brazen in their defiance of the law than those that came after.

This masterful treatment of one of the most complex periods of American history redefined how Reconstruction was viewed by historians and people everywhere in its chronicling of how Americans -- black ...

The Disputed Election of 1876 and the End of Reconstruction House of Representatives historian Matthew Wasniewski and House curator Farar Elliott discussed the disputed election between Samuel ...

THE RECONSTRUCTION OF ERIE. Share full article Nov. 28, 1877 The New York Times Archives See the article in its original context from November 28, 1877, Page 5 Buy Reprints View on timesmachine ...

Rebuilding Zion : the religious reconstruction of the South, 1863-1877 / Daniel W. Stowell Smithsonian Libraries and Archives ...

2016, Meet 1877: Trump’s Ascendance Is Creepily Like the End of Reconstruction OMENS For 12 years after the Civil War, the forces of progress changed a lot of things for the better in the South.

March 2, 2015 March 2, 1877: A Compromise Makes Rutherford B. Hayes President and Ends Reconstruction The Nation thought the Electoral College “might very profitably be dispensed with,” to ...

Ted Cruz tried to defend Trump’s coup. He then praised the white supremacist Compromise of 1877 Cruz praised the compromise that ended the 1876 election even though it involved imposing white ...