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6 unusual facts about Reconstruction era


Desegregated public schools in New Orleans

Public schools in New Orleans, Louisiana, were desegregated to a significant degree for a period of almost seven years during the Reconstruction Era following the Civil War of the United States.

James Mark Baldwin

Upon their return after the war, Baldwin father was part of the Reconstruction Era government.

Nicodemus, Kansas

Eager to escape the persecution and poor living conditions of Reconstruction, thousands left the South and headed west seeking economic opportunity and a sense of freedom.

Rembert W. Patrick

Rembert Wallace Patrick (1909–1967) was a historian, longtime University of Florida history professor, and prolific author of works on Florida's history, particularly the Reconstruction Era.

Robert Dean Hunter

In 1986 Hunter became the first Republican since the Reconstruction Era to represent Abilene, Texas, in the Texas Legislature, where he served until retiring in 2006 from the Texas House of Representatives.

Searcy County, Arkansas

The county is in Arkansas's 1st congressional district, which from Reconstruction until 2010 sent only Democrats to the U.S. House.


Garden City, Georgia

From the Reconstruction Era until the 1930s, the area was home to three major plantations: Brampton, Givens and Telfair.

Georgia's 7th congressional district

Although the seat has been held by Republicans since 1995, the 7th district had previously elected Democrats consistently from the Reconstruction era (1868) until the 1994 Congressional Elections.

Lucius Amerson

Lucius Amerson was the first African American Sheriff in the South since Reconstruction.


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George Lafayette Beal

Following the war, he was breveted to major general and assigned command of the eastern district of South Carolina during the Reconstruction era.

Kirk Fordice

He was the first Republican governor of the state since Reconstruction-era governor Adelbert Ames, who served from 1874 to 1876.

Scalawag

Many also joined the Redeemers in their successful attempt to replace the brief period of civil rights promised to African Americans during the Reconstruction era with the Jim Crow era of segregation and second-class citizenship that persisted into the 20th century.