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"'An Act to establish a Bureau for the relief of Freedmen and refugees' to provide food, shelter, clothing, medical services, and land to displaced Southerners, including newly freed African Americans" (senate.gov).

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The bureau's greatest successes were seen in education. It built, founded, and established universities:

1865:  Clark Atlanta University

1866: Fisk University

1867: Howard University

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The Role of the Freedmen’s Bureau   |  Reconstruction 360

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Food, education, equality, and resources for all; this motto is appropriate as it encompasses what the bureau wanted to provide.

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(key people)

General Oliver O. Howard: head of the bureau for all 7 years, was also a Union general

Abraham Lincoln: signed a bill in March 1865 that created the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands

Josephine Sophia White Griffing: a women's rights activist and abolitionist who lobbied for the creation of the bureau and maintained employment offices for freedmen in many Northern cities.

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Andrew Johnson: Johnson was a very prominent opponent of the Freedmen's Bureau. One of his many racist actions includes acquitting former Confederates and firing bureau employees who were too encouraging towards black people. Additionally, he vetoed a bill introduced by Congress on February 1866 that would've given the bureau new legal powers. Johnson claimed that this bill would impede states' rights and inflict further financial complications within the federal government. The former President's platform allowed him to undermine the bureau's authority.

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1. faced criticism and violence from white people, specifically the Ku Klux Klan

2. some bureau agents were corrupt or under qualified

3. lack of funding

4. intensity regarding the politics of race and Reconstruction

5. the bureau could not carry out all plans

6. unable to provide black people racial equality and long-term protection

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1. gave millions of people access to food

2. built hospitals while providing medical aid

3. settled labor disputes and contracts for former slaves

4. helped former slaves get married

5. reunited lost relatives

6. provided assistance to black veterans

7. built thousands of schools

8. built 1,000 Black schools and spent over $400,000 to fund teacher-training

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Founded: March 3, 1865 by Congress
End date: July 1872
Location: The Bureau was divided into districts led by assistant commissioners. These include the 11 former rebel states as well as border states of Washington D.C., Kentucky, Maryland, and West Virginia.
Lead commissioner: General Oliver O. Howard

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This group of superheroes represents the Freedmen's Bureau since both give back to the community. Additionally, the Freedmen's Bureau can be classified as heroic, as they fought for millions of black slaves and poor whites after the Civil War.