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Charles Sumner on Reconstruction and the South, 1866

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

By 1865 there were sharp differences of opinion about the rights of freedmen and the governance of the defeated Southern states among political leaders in Congress and the Executive Branch in Washington, DC. Conflict among Republicans...

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[Four men work on the reconstruction of a demolished house]

1880 ca.

Photograph of four men working on the reconstruction of a demolished house. Three housing structures are in the background.

GLC06698.05

Program/Event

Traveling Exhibitions | Becoming the United States: Colonial America to Reconstruction

Becoming the US is designed to introduce upper elementary-aged students to the beginnings of American history and the skills involved in primary source analysis. Using items from the Gilder Lehrman Collection, it explores individuals,...

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The Unfinished Second Reconstruction, 63rd National Urban League

1973

National Urban League

One pamphlet entitled, "The Unfinished Second Reconstruction, 63rd National Urban League," dated 1973. Item is a conference program that lists related sessions on health, housing, youth activism, and education.

GLC09640.197

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Autograph manuscript

Speech or article re: defending Andrew Johnson, discussing Reconstruction

1875 ca.

Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878

Also discusses Lincoln and the Radical Republicans. Reponds to an article in the "Courent" of the 14th which it quotes at length.

GLC05608