Our Lost History: 6 Post-Civil War, 19th Century Racial Riots and Massacres

155 years ago the Confederate Army lost the Civil War but never surrendered power.

1868. CREATOR: Waud, Alfred R. (Alfred Rudolph), 1828–1891, artist. NOTES: Illus. in: Harper’s weekly, 1868 July 25, p. 473.

After the Civil War, some African Americans had opportunity to build a life for themselves as business owners, shopkeepers, and educators. Racist Democrats and Southerners did not hold to all terms of defeat. Thousands of families will survive carrying…