Black institutions, including the church, the schoolhouse, and the press, kept public vigil over promises made, broken, and, in some instances, renewed during the long march toward liberation.

'Black Codes' in the South-- A Hinderence to Blacks during the Reconstruction Era. Sherry Stone ... of their subjugation of Blacks with the enactment of “Black Codes,” initially in Mississippi.

Schools drew white rancor during Reconstruction. Black cites one scholar who found evidence of 631 ... Mississippi Governor James Vardaman told the legislature to stop “wasting” money taken ...

There was one other Reconstruction-era Black senator from Mississippi, Blanche Bruce. After he left the Senate in 1881, Mississippi passed laws—part of a wave of new Jim Crow laws —blocking ...

A Mississippi State Trooper salutes the coffin of former State Representative and House Speaker Pro Temp Robert Clark, Jr., before the changing of the honor guard in the State Capitol rotunda ...

A brand-new interactive tour takes you through downtown Huntsville to showcase at least 16 buildings and other sites built by Black businesspeople and entrepreneurs during the Reconstruction Era ...

Danyelle Holmes, 49, an organizer with the Mississippi Poor People's Campaign, right, speaks during at a roundtable discussion on elections, race and voter fatigue, Oct. 25, 2023, in Jackson, Miss ...