Reconstruction: The First Black Officeholders — Interactive Edition

Reconstruction: The First Black Officeholders by Carlos L. Young Sr. — Interactive Edition. Volume 6 of the Left Out of the History Books series (The Digital Black Voice). Between 1867 and 1901, more than 1,500 Black officeholders are documented by name — two U.S. senators, a governor of Louisiana, lieutenant governors, state treasurers, and the legislators who wrote the South's first public-school systems and civil-rights laws into their state constitutions. This volume profiles 68 of them in chronological order, each with what they did in office and what became of them when the backlash came — from Blanche K. Bruce and P.B.S. Pinchback to George Henry White's 1901 farewell. Contested figures are flagged openly, with a Could Not Verify section showing the open edges of the record. Interactive Edition: 68 profiles, timeline, search, read-aloud, bookmarks, and a 10-question quiz.