Category: White Supremacy
Opposing the Black Codes in 1865: South Carolina African Americans Speak Out
After the surrender of the Confederate armies between April and June 1865, President Andrew Johnson remarkably left state and local governments in the hands of…
President Johnson Vetoed the Civil Rights Act Because Blacks Had Not Earned Citizenship
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 became law after Congress overrode a veto by President Andrew Johnson. In this article, I want to look at…
People Still Care About History Say the 400,000 Americans Who Visited Lynching Memorial Last Year
Bryan Stevenson, author, lawyer, and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama, was interviewed on WNYC today. The second segment covers the new memorial…
Video Lecture: The Rise of the Southern Conservative Response to Reconstruction and the Klu Klux Klan
Professor Robert Kenzer of the University of Richmond gives a lecture on the “rise of the Southern conservative response and the Klu Klux Klan.” Very…
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