Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896)
Black Reconstruction in America by WEB Du Bois
First African-American account of Reconstruction. - Also at Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/blackreconstruct0000dubo_r6o0
The Southern "Black Codes" of 1865-66
Concise article describing codes from the Civil Rights foundation
A Biography of America: Reconstruction
Companion site to documentary, be sure to check out maps, transcripts and "Webography" links to primary documents from Annenberg Media
The Impeachment Trial of Andrew Johnson
Comprehensive collection of articles, artifacts and documents from the "Famous Trials" site at the University of Missouri - Kansas City
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow | PBS
Jim Crow was not a person, yet affected the lives of millions of people. Named after a popular 19th-century minstrel song that stereotyped African Americans, "Jim Crow" came to personify the system of government-sanctioned racial oppression and segregation in the United States. Companion site for American Experience documentary. Includes timeline and extra information of people and events in film