The number of Black people living in the United States reached a new high of 48.3 million in 2023. That’s up a third (33%) ...
On November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States -- an event that outraged southern states ... slaves or in giving rights to black people. For this reason, the ...
Reconstruction Acts passed after the war called for Black suffrage in the Southern states ... which granted citizenship to all people born in the United States, including former slaves.