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The bureau was designed to protect the interests of former slaves.
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Andrew Johnson is vice president.
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Appotomax Courthouse (Virginia)
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Nearly two months after the was has ended, union general George Granger rode into Galveston, Texas to inform the inhabitants that the war was over.
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This black code had to do with orphan blacks and servitude. See link: http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Black+Codes
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A group of ex-confederate soldiers meet in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Black and Republicans lash out in Louisiana because black codes are passed and blacks are denied the right to vote.
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In South Carolina, Republican Robert Scott was re-elected by blacks. The KKK was set off.
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Habeus Corpus was suspended in response to KKK lash outs.
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The deadliest engagement between KKK and African Americans. Colfax, Louisiana