The Radical Republicans Clash with the President
For some African Americans, the end of slavery came with the January 1863 signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, the document that proclaimed most o...
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The Radical Republicans Move Forward with Reconstruction
At a Freedmen's Convention (a large political meeting made up largely of former slaves) held in Arkansas soon after the end of the Civil...
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The State Department has a message for White House candidates wanting to expound on sensitive diplomatic issues: Shut up.Traditionally silent during presidential campaigns filled with divisive fore...
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