Eric Foner: The Civil Rights Act of 1875 is the last major piece of Reconstruction legislation. It outlaws racial discrimination in public accommodations -- hotels, transportation, opera houses ...

it will pass resolutions declaring that, in its former action it was governed by an unbiased construction of the reconstruction acts of Congress, and the new Constitution of the state, and that it ...

President Donald Trump is seeking to end birthright citizenship, a constitutional right enshrined by the 14th Amendment. We ...

Many Northerners, disgusted by Klan violence, lent their support to the Fifteenth Amendment, which gave the vote to black men in every state, and the First Reconstruction Act of 1867, which placed ...

At the time Stevens delivered the speech, Congress as a whole was inclined to pursue a more moderate policy, but the events of the next several months allowed the Radicals to enact the First ...

After initially prosecuting those who tried to overthrow an election, Presidents Grant and Hayes backed down—with ...

DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Israel's economy minister said on Wednesday it seeks a peaceful Gaza but has not decided ...

1868-69 The Constitutional Convention of 1868-69 was called to comply with the Congressional Reconstruction Acts of 1867, but disbanded before completing a constitution. Military authorities published ...

The Dublin Reconstruction (Emergency Provisions) Act passed into law in December 1916 in order to rebuild areas of Dublin that had been destroyed during the Easter Rising. The Act gave the Dublin city ...