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

Among the exceptions: “Engaging in insurrection or rebellion,” a provision that was codified in the 14th Amendment in the post-Civil War Reconstruction Era.

From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 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

You could also say something similar about the Reconstruction Era, and then about how that passed very quickly.

From Salon • Aug. 13, 2022

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

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander