societies. They routinely downplayed any positive contributions of African Americans during Reconstruction, said they were dominated by white carpetbaggers, and could not manage political power. (This was in keeping with the disfranchisement of blacks throughout the former Confederacy from 1890 to 1910, and the imposition by state legislatures of racial segregation and Jim Crow law to restore white supremacy.) Lynch argued that blacks had made substantial contributions during the period. He also published articles on this topic in 1917 and 1918 in the Journal of Negro History. His views were later supported by historians such as W.E.B. Du Bois in his Black Reconstruction in America (1935) and Eric Foner in Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863–1877 (1988), among others. Since the late 20th century, new histories and research have changed the perception of the achievements during Reconstruction. The Facts of Reconstruction is freely available online, courtesy of the Gutenberg Project. Since Lynch participated directly in Reconstruction-era governments, historians consider his book to be a primary source in study of the period. Lynch's memoir, Reminiscences of an Active Life: The Autobiography of John Roy Lynch, which he worked on near the end of his life, was not published until 1970. A number of chapters dealing with Reconstruction are close to material published first in his 1913 The Facts of Reconstruction. A new edition of his memoir was issued by the University of Mississippi Press in 2008. Much is available for preview online at Google books. Books Colored Americans: John R. Lynch's Appeal To Them. Milwaukee: Allied Printing, [1900?] The Facts of Reconstruction (New York, 1913) Some Historical Errors of James Ford Rhodes. Boston: The Cornhill Publishing Co., 1922 (reprint of articles first published in the Journal of Negro History in 1917 and 1918). Reminiscences of an Active Life: The Autobiography of John Roy Lynch (ed. John Hope Franklin) (Chicago, 1970). Articles John R. Lynch, "Some Historical Errors of James Ford Rhodes", The Journal of Negro History, Vol. 2, No. 4, Oct., 1917 Pittsburgh Courier article, February 22, 1930. Speeches The Late Election in Mississippi (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1877). See also Civil rights movement (1865–1896) List of African-American United States representatives List of United States representatives from Mississippi U.S. House election, 1872 U.S. House election, 1874 U.S. House election, 1876 U.S. House election, 1882 References Bibliography Behrend, Justin. “Facts, Memories, and History: John R. Lynch and the Memory of Reconstruction in the