U.S. Civil War/Reconstruction

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Robert Smalls and C.S.S. Planter
The Remarkable Life of Robert Smalls
Robert Smalls pictured between 1870-1880.
The Remarkable Life of Robert Smalls
Cover of War is All Hell: The Nature of Evil and the Civil War by Edward J. Blum and John Matsui.
Forces of Good and Evil
Emancipation Memorial Statue
Emancipation by What Means?
Lynchburg Virginia Confederate Monument
Confederate Monuments: Why Take ‘Em Down? What Do We Put Up in Their Place?
Official Program: Woman Suffrage Procession, Washington DC March 3, 1913
I have many things to say (Prologued, Season 1, Episode 2)
Occupy Wall Street and the NAACP protesting in New York in 2011.
A History of Stolen Citizenship
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks' declaration from Flag Day 1919 that forbade membership in the organization to anarchists, Industrial Workers of the World, Bolsheviks, and other organizations perceived as unpatriotic.
Sanitizing American Tradition
The words "Equal Justice Under Law" which are inscribed on the front of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C.
The Ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment
A rendering of the Battle of Fort Pillow, also known as the Fort Pillow Massacre, which was fought on April 12, 1864 in Tennessee. It ended with a massacre by Confederate soldiers of at least one hundred surrendered black troops serving the Union, exemplifying one of the Civil War's transgressions of the norms of warfare.
The American Civil War, Then and Now
Abraham Lincoln
Top Ten Origins: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln Campaign Poster 1860
"Great God, What does it Mean?" - Lee's Escape at Williamsport
Collier's 1921 Lincoln Abraham - cabinet meeting.jpg
Lincoln’s and Obama’s Teams of Non-Rivals
Django Unchained movie poster
The Law of Slavery Lies at the Heart of the Movies “Lincoln” and “Django Unchained”
emancipation illustration from Harper's Weekly
President Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation, 150 years ago
Centennial Seal of the Land Grant Colleges
The 1862 Morrill Act Honored the Liberal Arts As Well As Technical Education
Upon the Altar of the Nation: A Moral History of the Civil War, by Harry S. Stout Book cover.
Upon the Altar of the Nation: A Moral History of the Civil War
Contrabands—fugitive slaves—cooks, laundresses, laborers, teamsters, railroad repair crews—fled to the Union Army, but were not officially freed until 1863 by the Emancipation Proclamation.
In Commemorating the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War, the Central Role of Slavery Must Not Be Forgotten
“Bombardment of Fort Sumter by the batteries of the Confederate states,” 1861.
The Civil War: Losing the War, Winning the History
Isaac W. Williams (front) in a file photo from the 1960s.
Still Fighting the Civil War in South Carolina
"The National Game. Three Outs and One Run." Drawing depicting the four candidates of the 1860 United States presidential election (L to R): John Bell, Stephen Douglas, John C. Breckinridge, and Abraham Lincoln. The artist is comparing the election to a baseball game.
The Election of 1860 and Secession — to Preserve Slavery
Reagan in 1982.
Exit Gen. Grant – Enter St. Ronald?
Emancipation Memorial in Lincoln Park, Washington DC.
Bicentennial for Two Great Emancipators
President bush delivers remarks in 2008
President Bush at His — and Our — Crossroads