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An Alabama Senator proposes legislation “to forbid a citizen of color holding office.”

Allan, a politician, made efforts to block the voters and allies of opponent, Lamb.

The influences of a retired judge still resonates in the House of Representatives as the Democrats and Republicans still struggle to get along.

Navy Charles J. Bonaparte gives a speech about “Anarchy and its Remedy,” using Lincoln’s assassination as a fundamental example.

A diplomat of the United States refuses to meet with the President of the new nation of Haiti.

The Committee on Roads discusses the proposed bill for segregated streetcars by “negro-haters.” White legislators argue that it is the responsibility of the conductor to assign seats and keep them as segregated as possible.

Kentucky law-makers allow an “extra coach for local travel” for black men since “colored men have no rights which white men are bound to respect.”

The Virginia legislature is being shaped by white politicians “to rob the colored citizen.”

The New Orleans Times-Democrat frames former president Lincoln as “radically opposed to the Negro”.

Senator Tillman delivers “one of the most direct and denunciatory addresses ever heard” in the Senate, presenting criticisms and solutions for the recent financial crisis.