Reconstruction – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Mon, 13 Oct 2025 02:56:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Reconstruction – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 Early Reconstruction and the Memphis Race Massacre of 1866 https://brewminate.com/early-reconstruction-and-the-memphis-race-massacre-of-1866/ Mon, 31 May 2021 18:06:47 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=156652 The white planters wanted to drive freedmen out of Memphis and back to plantations, to support cotton cultivation

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]]> In Freedom’s Shadow: The Reconstruction Legacy of Renty Franklin Greaves https://brewminate.com/in-freedoms-shadow-the-reconstruction-legacy-of-renty-franklin-greaves/ Tue, 08 Dec 2020 21:04:29 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=141886 His story represents the lives of many African American leaders who remain in the shadows of history during

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]]> Reconstruction and Insurrection in 1898 Wilmington, North Carolina https://brewminate.com/reconstruction-and-insurrection-in-1898-wilmington-north-carolina/ Fri, 09 Oct 2020 17:29:46 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=136861 The violent overthrow of a duly elected government by a group of white supremacists. Introduction The Wilmington insurrection

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]]> A History of Reconstruction https://brewminate.com/a-history-of-reconstruction/ Wed, 05 Aug 2020 18:31:47 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=132583 African Americans gained political power yet faced the backlash of white supremacy and racial violence. Introduction I’ll never

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]]> Black Lives at Arlington National Cemetery: From Slavery to Segregation https://brewminate.com/black-lives-at-arlington-national-cemetery-from-slavery-to-segregation/ Mon, 15 Jun 2020 19:55:33 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=128200 Insights into the lives of African Americans at Arlington and other plantations in the Upper South before and

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]]> Jim Crow Laws and the American Experience https://brewminate.com/jim-crow-laws-and-the-american-experience/ Tue, 09 Jun 2020 18:41:36 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=127766 It would take several decades of legal action and years of nonviolent direct action to spark real change.

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]]> Jim Crow and Racial Segregation after 1876 https://brewminate.com/jim-crow-and-racial-segregation-after-1876/ Tue, 09 Jun 2020 18:41:23 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=127755 It was not until 1954 in Brown v. Board of Education and later 1964 with the Civil Rights

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]]> Carpetbaggers and Scalawags: Reconstruction after the Civil War https://brewminate.com/carpetbaggers-and-scalawags-reconstruction-after-the-civil-war/ Wed, 12 Feb 2020 18:42:19 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=117192 Introduction Reconstruction is the name of the historical period following the American Civil War during which the U.S.

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]]> Congress and the Remaking of the South, 1865-1866 https://brewminate.com/congress-and-the-remaking-of-the-south-1865-1866/ Mon, 16 Dec 2019 18:31:49 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=112200 Andrew Johnson lacked Lincoln’s political skills and instead exhibited a stubbornness and confrontational approach. Introduction President Johnson and

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]]> Reconstruction after the Civil War https://brewminate.com/reconstruction-after-the-civil-war/ Thu, 21 Nov 2019 18:44:54 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=110747 Reconstruction-era governments did make genuine gains in rebuilding Southern states devastated by the war. By Tina Ulrich, Joelle

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