More than 1,500 African American officeholders served during the Reconstruction era (1865–1877) and in the years after Reconstruction before white supremacy...
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Robert John Palmer (category African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era)
along with eight other Reconstruction Era legislators. African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era "Robert John Palmer (1849-1928)...
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The Reconstruction era was a period in United States history following the American Civil War, dominated by the legal, social, and political challenges...
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commissioner African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era List of African-American officeholders (1900–1959) List of African–American...
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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...
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president of the University of Chicago William Harper (Louisiana politician), state senator (African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction...
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John Adams Hyman (category African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era)
representatives African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era "Hyman, John Adams". Biographical Directory of the United States...
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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...
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William A. Feilds (category African-American state legislators in Tennessee)
of Jillian Hervey. African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era Historical records do not agree on the spelling of his surname;...
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Civil rights movement (redirect from African-American Civil Rights Movement)
discrimination, and disenfranchisement in the country. The movement had its origins in the Reconstruction era during the late 19th century and had its modern...
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Hal B. Burton (category African-American state legislators in Arkansas)
lothario" and accused of being a womanizer. African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era State, Arkansas Office of the Secretary...
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Henry E. Hayne (category African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era)
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...
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Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs (category African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era)
among the most powerful black officeholders in the state during Reconstruction. An African American who served during the Reconstruction era, he was the first...
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Miles Connor (category African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era)
complications associated with asthma. African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era Jackson, Luther Porter (1945). Negro Office-holders...
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Greene E. Evans (category African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era)
in Shelby County, Tennessee. African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era African Americans in Tennessee Ward, Andrew (April...
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Samuel Wakefield (category African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era)
Iberia. The family fled not long after, and settled in New Orleans. African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era Hayes, Phebe...
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Edward I. Alexander (category African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era)
received votes for a seat in the Florida Senate in 1888. African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era Brown, Canter (August 9...
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William Beverly Nash (category African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era)
propaganda to disenfranchise African Americans. African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era Niven, Steven J. (2013). "Nash...
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Russell Walker Houston (category African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era)
in Tennessee. He died in California. African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era Freedom's Lawmakers by Eric Foner Louisiana...
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Florida portal African Americans in Georgia (U.S. state) Black Seminoles African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era History of...
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Mentor Dotson (category African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era)
children included Helen Elsie Austin. African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era Foner, Eric (1996-08-01). Freedom's Lawmakers:...
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Felix L. Cory (category African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era)
D. Foules served with him from the county. African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era Department Reports. 1884. "Felix...
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Elijah Baldwin (category African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era)
African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era Woodson, Carter Godwin; Logan, Rayford Whittingham (August 21, 1920). "The...
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Pierre G. Deslondes (category African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era)
Parish. African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era Santoro, Nicholas J. (June 19, 2006). Atlas of Slavery and Civil Rights:...
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Charles P. Clemens (category African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era)
Forest Hill cemetery in Piqua, Ohio. African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era "Charles P. Clemens – Against All Odds"...
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Nicholas Burton (category African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era)
disputed election with Cain Sartain. African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era Freedom's Lawmakers by Eric Foner page...
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Alfred Peal (category African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era)
1874 and 1875. He was among the Republican leaders who pledged support for the renomination of congressman A. R. Howe. African-American officeholders during...
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Robert H. Dennis (category African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era)
the state house along with Benjamin F. Livingston and William J. Purman. African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era Brown...
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George Washington (Mississippi politician) (category African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era)
"mulatto". African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era "George Washington – Against All Odds". "Members of Legislature". The Clarion-Ledger...
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Theodore Gass (category African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era)
County along with George Washington. African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era Foner, Eric (1 August 1996). Freedom's...
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