In December of 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln suggested a plan to reinstate the seceded states back into the Union, his “Ten Percent Plan.” He would permit each ...

Make Good the Promises: Reconstruction and Its Legacies is a 4,300-square-foot exhibition exploring the Reconstruction era through an African American lens. It features more than 175 objects, 300 ...

1. Under the Guardianship of the Nation: Assistant Commissioners and the Intellectual Parameters of Action -- 2. A Real Blessing to the Inhabitants of the State: The Organization of the Freedmen's ...

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White’s fascinating and comprehensive book could not be more timely. When questions of race, economic inequality, and the rise of giant corporate monopolies and a plutocratic elite dominate U.S.

New York Times subscribers* enjoy full access to TimesMachine—view over 150 years of New York Times journalism, as it originally appeared. *Does not include Games-only or Cooking-only subscribers.

On this day in 1865, Rep. Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania, the de facto floor leader of the dominant Radical Republicans, opened the newly elected Congress by introducing a resolution to create a ...