Negro Republican Party
The Negro Republican Party was one name used, in the period before the end of the Civil rights movement (1865–1896), civil rights movement, for a branch of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party in the Southern United States, particularly Kentucky, that was predominantly made up of African Americans. In the History of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party in the South, during the American Civil War, Civil War and Reconstruction era, Reconstruction Era as well as decades thereafter, there was a split in the party's constituency and organization. One faction consisted of conservative White moderates, who (either gleefully or with reluctance) accepted limits on African-American civil rights and generally excluded African Americans from party participation, especially in leadership; nationally, this faction was aligned with the contemporary Moderate Republicans, also known as "Half-Breeds (politics), Half-Breeds" following the end of Reconstruction in t ...
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Civil Rights Movement (1865–1896)
The civil rights movement (1865–1896) aimed to eliminate racial discrimination against African Americans, improve their educational and employment opportunities, and establish their electoral power, just after the abolition of slavery in the United States. The period from 1865 to 1895 saw a tremendous change in the fortunes of the black community following the elimination of slavery in the South. Immediately after the American Civil War, the federal government launched a program known as Reconstruction which aimed to rebuild the states of the former Confederacy. The federal programs also provided aid to the former slaves and attempted to integrate them into society as citizens. Both during and after this period, blacks gained a substantial amount of political power and many of them were able to move from abject poverty to land ownership. At the same time resentment of these gains by many whites resulted in an unprecedented campaign of violence which was waged by local chapters ...
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