On a misty April evening in 1865, a jubilant crowd packed the White House lawn to hear President Abraham Lincoln first speech since the end of the Civil War. They expected a stirring celebration of ...

At a time of racial justice backlash, a call for a full-throated multiracial democracy may seem audacious—it’s also a necessary movement to preserve US democracy at all. Since 1865 and the end of a ...

July: In New York City, opposition to the nation's first military draft triggers a riot, the largest in American history, as poor white Northerners protest being forced to fight to end slavery. Over ...

“The war grew out of the systematic violation of individual rights by State authority. The war ended with the vindication of individual rights by national power….It made the liberty and rights of ...

ANAC copy 39088001315472 from the Daniel Boorstin American Civilization Collection. A growing nation -- The old south -- Slavery -- Wedges of separation -- A house divided -- Secession of the lower ...

Your institution does not have access to this book on JSTOR. Try searching on JSTOR for other items related to this book. INTRODUCTION: The Southern Civil War New Terms for Reconstruction INTRODUCTION ...

This Article assesses the role of law and lawyering in time of war by examining how lawyers responded to and were affected by the Civil War and Reconstruction. Although the modern legal profession has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two days after the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, we authored a piece for the Washington Post drawing on our expertise in ...

A 2021 study of memorials in America counted 5,917 monuments that memorialize the Civil War. In that total, only 1 percent include the word slavery; Yale’s Civil War Memorial is not among that 1 ...

The aftermath of the Civil War was bewildering, exhilarating...and terrifying. African Americans had played a crucial role in saving the Union and now, as the country grappled with the terms and ...

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