History
Henry Adams
Henry Adams was a former enslaved person who spearheaded North Louisiana’s first civil rights campaign for African Americans.
Henry Adams was a former enslaved person who spearheaded North Louisiana’s first civil rights campaign for African Americans.
Henry Clay Warmoth was the first governor of Louisiana under Radical Reconstruction.
Democrat Joshua Baker served as military governor of Louisiana from January to July 1868.
The South’s first Black newspaper, L’Union was an abolitionist journal that promoted full citizenship rights for men of African descent.
Bourbon Democrats suppressed democracy and restored white supremacy in the Louisiana State Constitution of 1898.
Probably best known today for being the only African American to serve as governor of a southern state during Reconstruction, P. B. S. Pinchback was a politician of enormous talent and remarkable longevity.
After serving as a Union officer in the Civil War, P. B. S. Pinchback became the first Black governor in the United States.
In the late 1800s Americans witnessed a period of rapid industrialization and political transformation that drew some Louisianans to the Populist movement.
In the late nineteenth century, Populist Party advocates railed against the prevailing system and urged cooperation among oppressed peoples to secure reform.
The post-Civil War period in US history is known as the Reconstruction era, when the former Confederacy was brought back into the Union.
The post-Civil War period is known as the Reconstruction era, when the former Confederacy was brought back into the Union.
Confederate official and Reconstruction-era Superintendent of Education for the State of Louisiana
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