In the aftermath of the insurrection a year ago at the U.S. Capitol, many leading historians drew parallels between the violence and the Reconstruction era, the period of political revolution directly ...

“Reconstruction, the era immediately following the Civil War and emancipation, is full of stories that help us see the possibility of a future defined by racial equity,” the Zinn Education Project ...

Around 2,000 black people were lynched over the 12-year-period following the end of the Civil War as people refused to accept their new-found freedoms and attempted to "defend white supremacy," ...

A Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area partner site meeting held at the Watkins Museum of History, 1047 Massachusetts St. Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area has joined a national historic ...

In his new book, Peniel Joseph writes that there have been three periods of Reconstruction in American history. First, the post-Civil War period brought the end of slavery and the fight for Black ...

THE report of the Committee of the Civil Service National Whitley Council on the staffing of the Civil Service during the reconstruction period, appointed in accordance with the Government's request ...

A celebration of Aiken's early beginnings was held Saturday during the 149th observance of Founder's Day. The event drew dozens of spectators and introduced them to the history of Aiken County with ...