No wonder, then, that the era is badly misunderstood. Now, 150 years later, historians and preservationists are fighting to tell a more accurate, nuanced story, uncovering key places from the grim ...

'I Saw Death Coming,' by Kidada E. Williams, re-examines the Reconstruction era and reveals how little progress was made — and how much it was resisted.

The post-Civil War Reconstruction era marked a period of massive advancements for Black Americans. But many American students are taught a racist, inaccurate version of this history.

The Reconstruction period refers to the post-Civil War years between 1865 and 1877 when the federal government took uniquely aggressive efforts to repair the divided nation, and to establish and ...

While women have historically been, especially during the Reconstruction era, advocates and underappreciated drivers of change and support, growing gender divisions structure public opinion.

The Reconstruction Era was from 1861 to 1898. This era was when the United States was grappling with the question of how to integrate millions of newly freed African Americans into social ...

In May 1870, John W. Stephens, a white state senator closely allied with black voters, was lured into the lumber room of the stately courthouse in Caswell County, N.C. Inside, members of the local ...

It’s therefore appropriate that Section 241 and other Reconstruction-era laws are precisely those that the American legal system is turning to in response to a former president who stoked the ...

BEAUFORT, Sc. (WTOC) - Four years ago, Reconstruction Era National Park was established to preserve and educate visitors about the role the area played during the late 1800s. Last year, the park ...

A decision by Fisk University in 1871 helped shape American popular music, according to Vann Newkirk of The Atlantic. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with him about his article on the Fisk Jubilee Singers.

‘Red Clay’ traces the lives of slave and slaveholder in Reconstruction-era Alabama. Author Charles B. Fancher’s debut novel was inspired by stories of his great-grandfather.