And in 2017, the Reconstruction Era National Monument was established in Robert Smalls' hometown of Beaufort, S.C. Just down the road, you can see the house he lived in as a free man and the ...

Panelists talked about the relationship between historical sites and the Reconstruction. The panel included a history professor, National Park Service historian, and park ranger, each describing ...

The Reconstruction period marked the transition from slavery to freedom and citizenship for nearly four million enslaved African-Americans. It saw the enactment of the 13th, 14th and 15th ...

The notion that Reconstruction failed leads to the period being commonly glossed over or discounted in American literature and history classes, said Eric Foner, historian and Columbia University ...

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 ...

This past July, the National Park Service's National Historic Landmarks Program published "The Era of Reconstruction 1861-1900," a 165-page guide for educators, students and others.

Professor Laura Edwards spoke about the differences between federal and local courts during the Reconstruction Era. The actions of these courts frequently conflicted with each other in applying ...

In the first-ever comprehensive review of state standards on the Reconstruction era, “Erasing the Black Freedom Struggle: How State Standards Fail to Teach the Truth About Reconstruction,” the ...

'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.

Until recently historians have tended to gloss over the Reconstruction Era, and in some ways that’s understandable. The tragedy of the Civil War and the drama of President Abraham Lincoln’s ...