Reconstruction to Jim Crow

Issue #282: Florida's First Racial Gerrymander

Over a century of gerrymandering and discrimination

Apr 23 • Matthew Isbell - MCIMAPS

Issue #281: The Rise of Jim Crow in Florida - Part 5B: Counting the 1876 Ballots and the end of Republican rule

"Redemption" comes to Florida

Apr 15 • Matthew Isbell - MCIMAPS

Issue #280: The Rise of Jim Crow in Florida - Part 5A: The Campaign of 1876 and the end of Reconstruction

Setting the stage for betrayal

Apr 14 • Matthew Isbell - MCIMAPS

Issue #277: The Rise of Jim Crow in Florida - Part 4: Republicans Struggle And Fracture

1876 looms on the horizon

Mar 16 • Matthew Isbell - MCIMAPS

Issue #276: The Rise of Jim Crow in Florida - Part 3: Federal Protection for Voting Rights

Countering the Klan

Mar 10 • Matthew Isbell - MCIMAPS

Issue #275: The Rise of Jim Crow in Florida - Part 2: Elections Amid Klan Violence

Suppressing votes with a shotgun

Mar 5 • Matthew Isbell - MCIMAPS

Issue #274: The Rise of Jim Crow in Florida - Part 1: Political Battles at the Start of Reconstruction

Black voters betrayed by the carpetbaggers

Mar 2 • Matthew Isbell - MCIMAPS

Issue #273: The Rise of Jim Crow in Florida - Part 0: Dynamics of Reconstruction

Today’s article marks the kickoff of a series I am doing on Reconstruction in Florida.

Feb 27 • Matthew Isbell - MCIMAPS

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