Democratic candidate Scott Cullum defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in a close race after days of counting. He is the first black senator from Mississippi in the US Senate since the "Reconstruction Era" after the Civil War.
The era of rehabilitation is a turbulent period in American history that began after the end of the civil war in 1865 and lasted until 1877. During this period, the states of the South who were disconnected from the United States in the war joined the reunification. At the same time, a fierce struggle for the civil rights and voting rights of blacks released from slavery.