A look at the agency’s attempts to deliver justice to the Texas black community following the Civil War. Drawing on a wealth of previously unused documentatio

Fascinating stories of enormous human interest from case studies illustrate both the need for and the effectiveness of the Freedmen's Bureau in Texas. Establish

This anthology brings together the late Barry A. Crouch's most important articles on the African American experience in Texas during Reconstruction. Grouped top

discusses each period of African-American history in terms of politics, violence, and legal status; labor and economic status; education; and social life. Black

A history of independent African American settlements in Texas during the Jim Crow era, featuring historical and contemporary photographs. In the decades follow