They're only half emancipated after the Civil War. Final emancipation, final meaning to the promise of the first Reconstruction, doesn't come until the 1950s and the 1960s, in the second ...

In spite of all the political promises at election time, all the grace shed in churches and synagogues across the country, ...

Foner’s talk emphasized the importance of an accurate telling of Reconstruction history. Foner pointed to forces in academia ...

From classic epics like 'Gone With the Wind' to recent psychological thrillers like 'The Beguiled', here are the 20 best ...

A look at the people and events that shaped the Civil War and Reconstruction. Discover the people and events that document the American story — Saturdays on C-SPAN2. Come along with American ...

employed various forms of resistance and survival strategies to navigate one of the most tumultuous periods in American history – the Civil War and Reconstruction era. The essays included shed new ...

Traditionally, white radical Republicans like Charles Sumner and Thaddeus Stevens have been given the main credit for the work of Reconstruction that culminated with the ratification of the 14th and ...

Civil War's United States has been splintered into multiple warring factions, but a shared enemy has united most of them ...

A panel of activists and journalists screened a Civil Rights Film Thursday and held a panel to discuss voting rights.

Civil War America when the highly regarded General of the Army of the United States, General Ulysses S. Grant, clashed with ...

Honey Hill Battlefield in Ridgeland was added to Reconstruction Era National Network July 23 during a ribbon cutting ceremony ...