More than 1,500 African American officeholders served during the Reconstruction era (1865–1877) and in the years after Reconstruction before white supremacy...

along with eight other Reconstruction Era legislators. African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era "Robert John Palmer (1849-1928)...

The Reconstruction era was a period in United States history following the American Civil War, dominated by the legal, social, and political challenges...

president of the University of Chicago William Harper (Louisiana politician), state senator (African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction...

2012. Retrieved July 27, 2012. Bailey, Richard. Black Officeholders During the Reconstruction of Alabama, 1867–1878. New South Books, 2006. ISBN 1-58838-189-7...

commissioner African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era List of African-American officeholders (1900–1959) List of African–American...

Carolina during the Reconstruction era. Born into slavery, he served in the South Carolina Senate and as Secretary of State of South Carolina in the 1870s...

lothario" and accused of being a womanizer. African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era State, Arkansas Office of the Secretary...

plaque commemorates his life. African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era "Charles Caldwell – Against All Odds". "Caldwell...

disputed election with Cain Sartain. African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era Freedom's Lawmakers by Eric Foner page...

in Shelby County, Tennessee. African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era African Americans in Tennessee Ward, Andrew (April...

complications associated with asthma. African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era Jackson, Luther Porter (1945). Negro Office-holders...

Asia, Africa and Australia. Monroe and his wife, Jane, had two children. She was listed as a widow in 1900. African-American officeholders during and following...

list of African Americans who have served in the United States Senate. The Senate has had 12 African-American elected or appointed officeholders. Two each...

of Jillian Hervey. African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era Historical records do not agree on the spelling of his surname;...

representatives African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era "Hyman, John Adams". Biographical Directory of the United States...

militia. He opposed the privilege tax bill. African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era Freedom's Lawmakers by Eric Foner Louisiana...

"mulatto". African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era "George Washington – Against All Odds". "Members of Legislature". The Clarion-Ledger...

among the most powerful black officeholders in the state during Reconstruction. An African American who served during the Reconstruction era, he was the first...

Florida portal African Americans in Georgia (U.S. state) Black Seminoles African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era History of...

children included Helen Elsie Austin. African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era Foner, Eric (1996-08-01). Freedom's Lawmakers:...

County in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1874 to 1875. African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era "Anderson...

African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era Barnes, Kenneth C. (October 12, 2005). Journey of Hope: The Back-to-Africa...

that those who did not were fired. African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era Brown, Canter (1998). Florida's Black Public...

convicted of conspiracy to cheat and defraud. African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era Annie Walker Blackwell Senate,...

Parish. African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era Santoro, Nicholas J. (June 19, 2006). Atlas of Slavery and Civil Rights:...

discrimination, and disenfranchisement in the country. The movement had its origins in the Reconstruction era during the late 19th century and had its modern...

in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1870 to 1872 and 1874 to 1876. Columbus Goggins was his father. African-American officeholders during...

Most African Americans are of West African and coastal Central African ancestry, with varying amounts of Western European and Native American ancestry...

as a carpenter and teacher as well as a civil rights advocate. African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era "Riptoe". afrotexan...