March 2 is rarely celebrated as the birthday of our America — but it should be. This was the day in 1867 when Congress overrode President Andrew Johnson’s veto of the first Reconstruction Act, which ...
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At the time of Ulysses S. Grant's election to the presidency, white supremacists were conducting a reign of terror throughout the South. In outright defiance of the ...
Monday, February 18, 1867. The session of the Senate on Saturday continued through the night and until 6.30 yesterday morning. The subject under consideration was the establishment of military ...
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