Record #:

24980

Author(s):

McShane, Chuck

Abstract:

Part 6 of a twelve part series on the history of Charlotte focuses on the Reconstruction. With the help of the Republican Party, blacks became active citizens. Some whites resisted this change, and political unrest ensues.

Source:

Charlotte Magazine (NoCar F 264.C4), Vol. 19 Issue 10, October 2014, p37-38, 40, 42-45, por

Subject(s):

Slavery--Emancipation; Charlotte--History; Reconstruction (1865-1877)--Politics