Congress Commissions the Freedmen’s Bureau on This DayBy Shayla FarrowMarch 3, 2026 This Day In History: March 3rd The Reconstruction Era left America to deal with the aftermath of the Civil War…
On This Day: This Forgotten Massacre Claimed 150 Black LivesBy Bailey HuebnerSeptember 28, 2025 The little-known Opelousas Massacre of 1868 represented a pivotal turning point in the Reconstruction-era South. A white supremacist group in…
Did You Know Reconstruction Era Politician Benjamin Sterling Turner Was Born on This Day?By Shayla FarrowMarch 17, 2025 This Day In History: March 17th Benjamin Sterling Turner began his life in slavery, but he managed to defy societal…