African Americans 1865-1890

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  • 1865-90 African Americans
    • Key Events
      • Colfax Massacre - 1873 - open fire 60-100 dead
      • White League - 1873 - white supremacy group
      • Haye's compromise - 1877 - agreed to remove troops from the south - led to Black Codes
      • KKK founded - 1866 - white supremacy group - target blacks with violence
      • Johnson's impeachment - 1868 - fell one vote short - removed Stanton from office - displeased radical republicans
      • Hiram Revels - first AA in Senate - 1870
      • Sharecropping - renting a plot of land in exchange for a share of a crop - essentially slavery

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