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Almost 2,000 more Black lynchings during U.S. Reconstruction era, report finds By Staff The Associated Press Posted June 16, 2020 11:50 pm Updated June 17, 2020 12:04 am ...
Historians say that this wave of laws making it harder to vote echo the backlash to the electoral gains made by African Americans during Reconstruction (1865-1877), the era of political revolution in ...
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 ...
“Freedom Was in Sight! A Graphic History of Reconstruction in the Washington, D.C., Region” details the reassessment of the Reconstruction era.
A dive into the life of a Black laundress and her impact on her Reconstruction-era Dallas community. "Herstory: About Life in North Dallas Freedman Town" dives into the life of Katie Johnson ...
The ability to sue that the court curtailed today is enshrined in a Reconstruction era law, the Civil Rights Act of 1871. One provision, referred to by its location in the US Code as Section 1983 ...