President Abraham Lincoln ushered in the Reconstruction Era when with the end of slavery. Due to his April 1865 assassination, Lincoln's vice president oversaw the completion of Reconstruction.

Immediately after the Civil War ended, Southern states enacted "black codes" that allowed African Americans certain rights, such as legalized marriage, ownership of property, and limited access to ...

During the Reconstruction Era slavery in the South was abolished. The newly freed formerly enslaved Africans in large numbers left the plantations they were forced to stay and moved to cities ...

On Reconstruction: Lonnie G. Bunch III, Drew Gilpin Faust, Eric Foner, Adam Harris, Peniel E. Joseph, Vann R. Newkirk II, and Jordan Virtue on America’s most radical experiment.

A brand-new interactive tour takes you through downtown Huntsville to showcase at least 16 buildings and other sites built by Black businesspeople and entrepreneurs during the Reconstruction Era ...

Our youth need to learn about the Reconstruction era Black leaders that helped define Savannah. ... The Reconstruction Era did not produce 40 acres (nor the mule that was added later).

As states around the country have been adopting policies and passing laws restricting how teachers can discuss race and racism in the classroom, the School District of Philadelphia is continuing ...

Read more: BCLS will celebrate Black History Month with discussion on heirs' property Police say the four joined the department in 1950, marking a milestone since the end of the Reconstruction Era.