This guide provides information and links to websites that detail the many racially inspired slaughters of African Americans in the United States of America by those considered white Americans.
When General Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox, it marked the end of a terrible period of conflict that nearly destroyed the United States. But it also marked the beginning of a period of recovery that was in many ways as painful as the war itself. Freed blacks remained essentially enslaved, and race and tax riots, marauders and insurgents, profiteers, carpetbaggers, the KKK, and Jesse James all contributed to the post-Civil War turmoil. This A&E Special uses dramatizations, archival photos, and meticulous scholarship to show in stunning detail the trials that befell America during the time period known as Reconstruction. Distributed by A&E Television Networks. (90 minutes) Distributed by A&E Television Networks.
“Aftershock: Beyond the Civil War.” Films On Demand, Films Media Group, 2006, fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=95565&xtid=43028. Accessed 20 July 2020.
Somers, Dale A. “Black and White in New Orleans: A Study in Urban Race Relations, 1865-1900.” The Journal of Southern History, vol. 40, no. 1, 1974, pp. 19–42. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2206055. Accessed 20 July 2020.