...Agustina S. Paglayan How do political elites react when historically marginalized groups mobilize, gain political voice, and demand institutional reforms? This study explores this question by analyzing state-level curriculum reform in the U.S. South following the Civil Rights Movement. To assess...

...Jason Poulos This paper investigates the impact of Reconstruction-era amnesty policy on the officeholding and wealth of elites in the postbellum South. Amnesty policy restricted the political and economic rights of Southern elites for nearly three years during Reconstruction. I estimate the effect...