Reconstruction: America After the Civil War S01E02 · Part 1, Hour 2

Overview

Post-Civil War America was a new world. For African Americans living in the former Confederacy, Reconstruction was what historian W. E. B. Du Bois once described as their “brief moment in the sun.” But support for the social, economic, and political gains they achieved didn’t last long. A controversial presidential election in 1876 deals Reconstruction a grievous blow.

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1. 1 1. Part 1, Hour 12019-04-09 · 55mThe aftermath of the Civil War was bewildering, exhilarating...and terrifying. African Americans had played a crucial role in saving the Union and now, as the country grappled with
2. 2 2. Part 1, Hour 22019-04-09 · 55mPost-Civil War America was a new world. For African Americans living in the former Confederacy, Reconstruction was what historian W. E. B. Du Bois once described as their “brief mo
3. 3 3. Part 2, Hour 12019-04-16 · 55mAn examination of the years 1877-1896, a transitional period that saw visions of a “New South” set the stage for the rise of Jim Crow and the undermining of Reconstruction’s legal
4. 4 4. Part 2, Hour 22019-04-16 · 55mThe turn of the century is known as the ‘nadir’ of race relations, when white supremacy was ascendant and African Americans faced both physical and psychological oppression. Racist