Reconstruction may be one of the most misunderstood eras in American history. Versions of the era like the early motion picture Birth of a Nation (1915) and the novel Gone With the Wind (1936 ...

Reconstruction of the South, 1857. Library of Congress. January 1: President Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that the majority of the nation's slave population ...

The United States grew from a peripheral nation to a world power in a period that high-school history classes often gloss over. The Reconstruction era and the period of economic growth it touched ...

Donald Trump’s measures ending government diversity efforts are part of a much broader effort to reverse civil rights gains ...

Library events: Leon County celebrates Black History Month with library events, resources ...

Pennsylvania journalist Charles B. Fancher was born six years after his great-grandfather died and didn’t know much about his ancestor until a few years ago. While visiting his “decorous” 92-year-old ...

The Historic Huntsville Foundation opens a new walking trail celebrating those who put the city on the map in the post-War South.

In his speech, Johnson declared the beginning of a “new reconstruction era,” referencing the period after the Civil War ended when slavery was outlawed and the country grappled with how to ...

“In the limited reconstruction period that we had, we did not have the luxury of figuring out ways to revitalize the city,” said a section head in the city government. “We had our hands ...