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"The color line is broken," 1877, wood engraving by Thomas Nast, Harper's Weekly, courtesy of Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

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"Everything points to a Democratic victory this fall - Southern Papers," 1874, wood engraving by James Albert Wales, courtesy of Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

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"Secret meeting of Southern unionists," 1866, wood engraving by Alfred R. Waud, Harper’s Weekly, courtesy of Library of Congress Prints and Photograph Division.

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Matthew C. Butler, general in the Confederate Army, ca. 1865-1880, courtesy of Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

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African American man kneeling by bodies of murdered African Americans, 1876, wood engraving by Thomas Nast, Harper’s Weekly, courtesy of Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

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Freedman’s Bureau official standing between armed groups of white and African American men, 1868, wood engraving by Alfred R. Waud, Harper’s Weekly, courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

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“Colored rule in a reconstructed (?) state,” 1874, wood engraving by Thomas Nast, Harper’s Weekly, courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

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“The first vote,” 1867, wood engraving by Alfred R. Waud, Harper’s Weekly, courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

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“Franchise. And not this man?,” wood engraving by Thomas Nash,1865,Harper's Weekly, courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

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"The Radical Convention in Philadelphia," woodcut with letterpress, September 3, 1866,courtesy of Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division. Engraving illustrates degrading stereoptyes of interracial political alliances.

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