Reconstruction Era

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The legal cases are based on a Reconstruction Era constitutional amendment that was intended to bar Confederate officials from serving in the U.S. government.

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2023

This is really the fabric of America – like this idea of a maze incorporates the Civil Rights movement, the Reconstruction Era.

From Salon • Aug. 12, 2023

Also, in some southern states, convict leasing was essentially a new form of slavery that started during the Reconstruction Era and went on for decades.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2023

Especially those who, like Moore, grew up in the post Reconstruction Era south.

From Washington Post • Jan. 2, 2018

The backlash against the gains of African Americans in the Reconstruction Era was swift and severe.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander