March 1867
Events
- March 2, 1867Reconstruction Acts Enable Election of Over 2,000 Black Officeholders
The Reconstruction Acts of 1867 dissolve former Confederate state governments and require Black male suffrage as a condition of readmission to the Union. The result is an unprecedented democratic flowering: over 2,000 Black men serve as elected officials across the South between 1867 and 1877, including 16 congressmen, 2 senators, and hundreds of state legislators.
- March 2, 1867Reconstruction Acts Enable Election of Over 2,000 Black Officeholders
The Reconstruction Acts of 1867 dissolve former Confederate state governments and require Black male suffrage for readmission to the Union. The result: over 2,000 Black men serve as elected officials across the South between 1867 and 1877, including 16 congressmen, 2 senators, and hundreds of state legislators.
- March 2, 1867Reconstruction Acts Impose Military Rule on the South
Congress passed the First Reconstruction Act on March 2, 1867, dividing the former Confederate states into five military districts, disfranchising unrepentant Confederates, and requiring new state constitutions with Black male suffrage as a condition of readmission. The act enabled the election of Black delegates to constitutional conventions and ushered in the most democratic period in Southern history.
- March 2, 1867Howard University founded
A flagship HBCU is chartered in Washington, D.C.