Episodes Around: 18690104

  1. Formation of the Ku Klux Klan
    date April 13, 1867 to February 25, 1869map WILSON, Tennesseetags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Race-Relations

    On April 13, 1867 the Tennessee Conservatives held a convention in Gallatin. The convention had two speakers: the Honourable Bailey Peyton and an influential African American preacher. Reports on the convention stated that the preacher stood up, declared the present Republican Governor Brownlow a colored man in disguise, and encouraged the few African American present to vote for him. The proclamation...

  2. Encouraging Immigration to Alabama
    date January 1, 1869 to December 31, 1869map MONTGOMERY, Alabamatags alabama, Immigration

    “A state favored by nature in every way” boasted a booklet created by the state of Alabama. Published in 1869, this 22 page document contained a detailed list of the states assets. “No part of the United States offers so many and such striking inducements to the immigrant as Alabama.” It was an effort to entice foreign immigrants to come and establish their roots in Alabama. It covered every...

  3. The Establishment of the First Black Law School
    date January 4, 1869map Washington City, District of Columbiatags African-Americans, Education, Law, Race-Relations

    African Americans never enjoyed exclusive access to law schools, much less to graduate schools in general. At the start of 1869, however, John Mercer Langston and the Trustees of Howard University announced the opening of the very first law school in the United States intended for African Americans and those seeking to provide legal defense for other African Americans. Langston himself was the founding...