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*After the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867, the US Army assigned a small number of African Americans to keep the peace. <ref>Black Heritage Sites: The South. Page 31.</ref> | *After the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867, the US Army assigned a small number of African Americans to keep the peace. <ref>Black Heritage Sites: The South. Page 31.</ref> | ||
=== Reconstruction Era (1868- | === Reconstruction Era (1868-1877) === | ||
=== Jim Crow Era (1859- | === Jim Crow Era (1859-1964) === | ||
*African Americans worked in the Klondike gold fields in the 1890's.<ref>Black Heritage Sites: The South. Page 31.</ref> | *African Americans worked in the Klondike gold fields in the 1890's.<ref>Black Heritage Sites: The South. Page 31.</ref> | ||