Category: White Terror
As Black Power Grew, Violence Increased to Suppress It
Clyde W. Ford is an award-winning author of more than a dozen works of fiction and nonfiction. His latest book is Of Blood and Sweat:…
Historic Brattonsville in York County SC Now Tells Important Reconstruction Klan Story
Historic Brattonsville in York County, South Carolina, has created a new exhibit on the Reconstruction Era at Brick House on the old plantation’s property. South…
New Website Tells Story of Millican Massacre in 1868 Texas
In the Summer of 1868 a massacre of freedpeople took place in Millican, Texas. Reports on the numbers killed vary widely, but all agree that…
Freedoms Gained and Lost: Reconstruction and Its Meanings 150 Years Later edited by Adam Domby and Simon Lewis
Freedoms Gained and Lost: Reconstruction and Its Meanings 150 Years Later edited by Adam Domby and Simon Lewis, Published by Fordham University Press (2022) Freedoms…
Alabama City of Eufaula Purposely Forgets Its History of 1874 Massacre of Black Voters
The Birmingham News has an in-depth article by Kyle Whitmire on how Eufaula, Alabama ignores is history. This is a city ostensibly steeped in history,…
A Charleston Lady on the Capture of Black Soldiers July 1863
Emma Holmes left a remarkable diary of her experiences during the Civil War. A member of a prominent Charleston family, Holmes was in her twenties…
June 1865 Ulysses S. Grant Worried that Confederates Fleeing to Mexico Posed Threat to U.S.
Following the complete defeat of the Confederacy in 1865, thousands of Confederate veterans, politicians, and their family members fled to Latin America. Most of these…
At Least 631 Black Schoolhouses Were Attacked During Reconstruction
According to a recent article in the Journal of the Civil War Era, there were “631 attacks on African American schools between 1864 and 1876.”…
New Historical Marker Remembers Eight Reconstruction Era Lynchings in Gainesville, Florida
A new historical marker was unveiled in Gainesville, Florida to remember eight African Americans lynched during the Reconstruction Era in that city and the surrounding…
The Record of Murders and Outrages: Racial Violence and the Fight Over Truth at the Dawn of Reconstruction by William A Blair
The Record of Murders and Outrages: Racial Violence and the Fight Over Truth at the Dawn of Reconstruction by William A Blair published by University…
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