In recent political debates over how to teach U.S. history, the subject of slavery has loomed large. Long-documented omissions and misrepresentations in lessons have left students with incomplete ...
No, Foreign Officials Do Not Get First Amendment Immunity from U.S. Sanctions Is the Castro Indictment a Prelude to a Maduro-Style Op? Caution: May Cause Billionaires A Gas-Tax Holiday Won’t Help ...
Reconstruction is often overlooked. A Smithsonian Black history exhibit says it's an ongoing process
The United States emerged from the Civil War in 1865 with an opportunity. Four million African Americans were promised citizenship and freedom, and the nation had the chance to rebuild after nearly ...
The Dec. 19, 1876 edition of Frank Leslie’s Illustrated depicted the Republican-dominated S.C. Legislature. Provided photo courtesy of Historic Columbia Columbia will host a public symposium to ...
Squeezed between the devastation of the U.S. Civil War and the excesses of the Gilded Age, the pivotal era of Reconstruction doesn't always get the attention it deserves in grade-school history ...
A dozen years after first being rebuffed in South Carolina, the National Park Service is poised to make another run at designating trails, historic sites, and perhaps a park or two in commemoration of ...
In the past few years, the period in American history known as Reconstruction has become increasingly prominent in the public consciousness. The dominant academic narrative is now mainstream: ...
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From reconstruction to recruiting: The SCORE Act and the fight for Black athletic freedom
*In American history, Black mobility has always triggered institutional response. From Reconstruction’s collapse to Jim Crow ...
Editor’s Note: Peniel E. Joseph is Barbara Jordan chair in ethics and political values and founding director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at ...
Four years ago, the sesquicentennial of the Civil War kicked off with conferences, public lectures, government proclamations, and even balls and galas. As Reconstruction's anniversary begins, however, ...
The failure of Reconstruction remains a pivotal event in U.S. history, and the changing ways in which successive generations of historians have understood the period illustrate the dramatic shifts in ...
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