A history of the paradoxical time when the state's technology advanced and race relations deteriorated

A history of the paradoxical time when the state's technology advanced and race relations deteriorated

Mississippi saw great change in the four decades after Reconstruction. Between 1877 and 1917 the state transformed. Its cities increased rapidly in size and saw

In the years after Reconstruction, racial tension soared, as many white southerners worried about how to deal with the millions of free African Americans among

Following the collapse of Reconstruction in 1877, African Americans organized a movement—distinct from the white Populist movement—in the South and parts of