Free Men Come to Houston: Blacks During Reconstruction By Houston History Magazine on October 31, 2010 in Communities, Race & Ethnicity To read the full text of this article by Scott Stabler that appeared in the Fall 2005 issue of Houston History, download the pdf version. Follow 15th Amendment, African Americans, Black education, Black voting, Blacks during reconstruction, Education, freed slaves, Freedmen, Freedmen's Bureau, Jack Yates, O. O. Howard, reconstruction, Reconstruction politics, Reverend Jack Yates