These codes were all repealed in 1866 when Reconstruction began. But after the failure of Reconstruction in 1877, and the removal of black men from ... once the Jim Crow era began.

Reconstruction of the South ... and refuse to extend the vote to black men. Southern legislatures begin drafting "Black Codes" to re-establish white supremacy. The laws impose restrictions ...

Getty file Share Chicago’s Black leaders celebrated Black history ... In his speech, Johnson declared the beginning of a “new reconstruction era,” referencing the period after the Civil ...