The Daily Gamecock

Reconstruction Era museum explores history through life of President Woodrow Wilson

The Museum of the Reconstruction Era tells the story of a misunderstood time period through the life of President Woodrow ...
The Clarion-Ledger

Illustrated history of Reconstruction spotlights the era’s transformation

“Freedom Was in Sight! A Graphic History of Reconstruction in the Washington, D.C., Region” details the reassessment of the Reconstruction era. The book highlights the creation of the Reconstruction ...
LancasterOnline

Lancaster's Stevens-Smith history center joins National Park Service network on Reconstruction

LancasterHistory's newest museum has been accepted into a National Park Service network dedicated to the U.S. era of Reconstruction. The Thaddeus Stevens & Lydia Hamilton Smith Center for History and ...
NPR

A civil rights museum in Atlanta now includes exhibits from the Reconstruction era

A civil rights museum in Atlanta expanded recently and now includes the era of reconstruction that followed the Civil War and ultimately led to segregationist Jim Crow Laws in the South. Museums ...
The Clarion-Ledger

Detailed history of state during Reconstruction offers revelations, failures

Mississippi's secession from the Union in 1861 was driven by the desire to protect slavery. A new state constitution in 1868 aimed to create a multi-racial democracy during Reconstruction. By 1876, ...
KWTX

Central Texas Black lawmakers shaped state during Reconstruction era

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - During Reconstruction, the turbulent period after the American Civil War focused on reintegrating Southern states into the Union, slavery had been abolished and African Americans ...