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MAKE GOOD
THE PROMISES

Reconstruction and Its Legacies

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A lithograph print of the first black congressmen dressed in suits in the 41st and 42nd Congress.
Political cartoon of two white men pointing guns at a black man
The cover of the book has a Black family a father soldier, wife and two kids over the title of the book.

Make Good the Promises: Reclaiming Reconstruction and Its Legacies

This illustrated companion book to Make Good the Promises explores how Black Lives Matter, #SayHerName, antiracism and other current movements for repair find inspiration from the lessons of Reconstruction.

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Freedmen’s Bureau Search Portal

Access millions of records documenting the names and lives of African Americans during Reconstruction.

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