Reconstruction after the war

• 1789: Enslavers are majority in first U.S. Congress

• 1837 Wendell Phillips: Powerful voice for abolition

• 1850: Martin Delany: Abolitionist leader, champions Black self-reliance

• 1863: Tour raises funds for freedmen schools

• 1865: Freedmen organize first Juneteenth

• 1865: KKK founded; will boast over 500,000 New England members in 1920s

• 1865-1866: Black Codes: Slavery by another name

• 1866: White mob kills voting rights advocates

• 1866: Racism robs African Americans of land reform benefits