The Reconstruction era and the period of economic growth it ... a professor of American history at Stanford University, begins at the end of the Civil War, with the assassination of Abraham ...

The past few months have been an uneasy time for Black Americans, who wonder what the future will hold with Donald Trump back in the White House.

Historians review some myths and misconceptions about the Reconstruction era. David Blight ... still left in the South by 1875 and '76 at the end, were tiny. And most of them were garrisoned ...

Kimathi Nelson described Donald Trump’s 2024 election as the official end to America’s second Reconstruction. He argued that the first Reconstruction (1866–1877) was a period of expanding ...

Kimathi Nelson described Donald Trump’s 2024 election as the official end to America’s second Reconstruction. He argued that the first Reconstruction (1866–1877) was a period of expanding ...

and pushing for affordable housing, improved education and, above all, an end to white supremacy. In his speech, Johnson declared the beginning of a “new reconstruction era,” referencing the ...