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Please help document violence during the Reconstruction era of American history (1865-1877). As family historians, we, on Geni, are uniquely able to look within our own family stories, and contribute to the historic record. Documenting Reconstruction Violence: Known and Unknown Horrors Violence, mass lynchings, and lawlessness enabled white Southerners to create a regime of white supremacy a...
The Lowry War or Lowrie War[a] was a conflict that took place in and around Robeson County, North Carolina, United States from 1864 to 1874 between a group of mostly Native American outlaws and civil local, state, and federal authorities. The conflict is named for Henry Berry Lowry , a Lumbee who led a gang of Native American, white and black men which robbed area farms and killed public offici...
Please add profiles of prominent propagandists of the "Jim Crow" era (1877-1964) of American history. From Jim Crow, Caricature of an African American" A number of caricatures of African Americans emerged during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. These racist caricatures of African American men, women and children shared the traits of either laziness or inaction. They depicted...
This "portal" is a listing of projects documenting American race riots. Please don't add profiles; add to a sub-project (event project) instead. Project listings Related project: When a project has been created, please add the Geni project hyperlink on the line with an external link (if any). Also add the subproject to "related projects." Feel free to expand the list. Atlanta Race M...
THE END OF RECONSTRUCTION (or "The War after the Civil War") AND SEGREGATION BY LAW, a virtual revolution. Before the Civil War ended and immediately after the War, the whites of the Confederate States began a vengeful campaign of murder against the New Afrikans/Blacks. See Reconstruction: The Second Civil War ==What can you do here?==*Ask questions.*Collaborate on your research.*Share knowledg...