Reconstruction

Henry Louis Gates Jr. A Black man with a blue jacket and gray beard stands outside with green lawn behind him.
Tiarra Mukherjee  Apr 9, 2019 4:01PM EDT

Henry Louis Gates Explores Reconstruction Via New Docuseries and Book

“Reconstruction: America After the Civil War” begins with the exuberant hope that accompanied the end of the war and ends with the hard realities of Jim Crow.
Black-and-white illustration of Black people transporting a Black body through a white field behind two Black bodies in front of White men on grey horses
Sameer Rao  Apr 13, 2017 11:46AM EDT

#TBT: 144 Years Since Reconstruction's Deadliest Massacre

White supremacist paramilitary members killed dozens of Black militia members in the 1873 Colfax Massacre.