Terror
A Ku Klux member, disguised to conceal his identity and intimidate citizens, stands against a backdrop painting of a tranquil scene. The gun he carries adds to his menacing look.
Tag: Reconstruction
Trilogy Is a Treasure of Rare Photographs and Artifacts
It is altogether fitting that a Frederick Douglass quote is prominently featured in this trilogy of Black lives spanning 175 years of photography. In his 1861 “Lecture on Pictures,” Douglass
Assassination in Jackson County: A defender of Freedmen is murdered in Reconstruction Florida
By William Morgan-Palmer By 1865, the bullets had stopped flying and many of the soldiers in blue and gray marched home. But the residual effects of the war would continue