HIST 2061 Lecture : History 2061 Notes
Document Summary
Reconstruction 1865-1877: black political representatives, ms, sc, la, and black officials. Few african americans in tx, tn, nc, ak. 14 african americans in the house of representatives: civil rights figures. Salaries: ku klux klan, 1866: pulaski, tn, confederate veterans to militant terrorists, threats, intimidation, beatings, rapes, murder, knights of the white. Klan murders: 1868: benjamin randolph (sc, 1868: lee nance/ solomon g. w. dill (sc, 1869: george moore (al, 1870: richard burke (al, 1870: john w. stephens (nc, 1870: jack dupree (ms, 1870: 4 african american men/ irish teacher (al) Fifteenth amendment (1870: voting rights, northern african american males, female exclusion, poll taxes, literacy tests, property qualifications, 1870-1871: enforcement acts, masks, federal law, suspended habeas corpus, mass klan arrests (ms 700, 1871- ku klux klan act. Justice department & attorney general: 1871: pres. Grant: martial law (sc upcountry), us army, mass arrests and confessions.
