STANDING UNITEDGeorge Washington, standing at right, presides over the signing of the Constitution of the United States, made possible by the brokering of the Great Compromise two months before. This ...

California’s court fight to reign in the president's use of troops in Los Angeles now hangs on a 19th century law with grim ...

Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston announcing the enforcement of ...

The delayed freedom of Texas slaves reveals much about the fragile nature of legal authority when confronted by entrenched ...

The deal that made Hayes president -- known as the Compromise of 1877 -- required the removal of federal troops from the South. This formally ended Reconstruction.

Both parties reached a compromise – The Compromise of 1877- in which each political party got most, if not all, of what their members wanted. The GOP wanted the presidency, ...

Judge in NH is asked block the U.S. Dept. of Education's threat to stop federal funding for schools with diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

When the election compromise of 1877 ended Reconstruction, opponents of Black literacy took center stage, and Southerners leveled arguments still heard today.

That hope was crushed by the Compromise of 1877, which ended federal protections for Black citizens and paved the way for Jim Crow. The betrayal was devastating.

The Compromise of 1877 is not remembered kindly by most historians, as it led to the suppression of freedmen in the South, and yet at the time, it was regarded as a plausible settlement.

Video Clip 10: 1877 Electoral Commission (12:12) Southern Illinois University Edwardsville History Professor Erik Alexander discussed the 1877 Electoral Commission following the 1876 presidential ...

Jim Clyburn spoke about the 1876 presidential election at the end of his speech at the Aiken County Democratic Party Blue Bash held at Beverly D. Clyburn Generations Park.