President Barack Obama is one of the prominent voices featured in a new podcast, "Reconstruction: The Unfinished Promise," ...

The series will be released on Audible on Thursday, with all episodes released widely at a later date.

The History Channel’s Reconstruction: The Unfinished Promise, a collaboration with Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground ...

The former president and journalist are teaming up with The History Channel for an eight-part series titled, 'Reconstruction: ...

The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture presents a new exhibition, “Make Good the Promises: Reconstruction and Its Legacies,” exploring the turbulent Reconstruction era ...

A new exhibit at the Lincoln Presidential Library explores Reconstruction’s rise, collapse and lasting impact through ...

“Freedom Was in Sight! A Graphic History of Reconstruction in the Washington, D.C., Region” details the reassessment of the Reconstruction era. The book highlights the creation of the Reconstruction ...

A decision by Fisk University in 1871 helped shape American popular music, according to Vann Newkirk of The Atlantic. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks... How a Reconstruction-era singing tour changed popular ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — The International African American Museum has been added to the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network, the National Parks Service announced Wednesday. The national ...

In May 1870, John W. Stephens, a white state senator closely allied with black voters, was lured into the lumber room of the stately courthouse in Caswell County, N.C. Inside, members of the local Ku ...

The United States emerged from the Civil War in 1865 with an opportunity. Four million African Americans were promised citizenship and freedom, and the nation had the chance to rebuild after nearly ...

Facial reconstructions of enslaved African Americans who worked at Catoctin Furnace in the late 1700s or early 1800s at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. (Katherine Frey/The ...