RECONSTRUCTION: AMERICA AFTER THE CIVIL WAR

Reconstruction | Part 2, Hour 2

55m 28s

The 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 imagery saturated popular culture and Southern propaganda manipulated the story of the Civil War and Reconstruction. But African Americans found ways to fight back, using artistic expression to put forward a “New Negro”

Episodes

Reconstruction | Part 2, Hour 2

S2019 E4 - 55m 28s

The 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 imagery saturated popular culture and Southern propaganda manipulated the story of the Civil War and Reconstruction. But African Americans found ways to fight back, using artistic expression to put forward a “New Negro”
Reconstruction | Part 2, Hour 1

S2019 E3 - 55m 53s

Hour three of the series examines 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 and political legacy. While some African Americans attempted to migrate, the vast majority remained in the South, where sharecropping, convict leasing, disfranchisement, and lynchings drew a “color line”.
Reconstruction | Part 1, Hour 2

S2019 E2 - 55m 58s

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.
Reconstruction | Part 1, Hour 1

S2019 E1 - 55m 53s

The 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 the terms and implications of Reconstruction, they struggled to breathe life into their hard-won freedom. The result was a second American Revolution.

Schedule

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RECONSTRUCTION: AMERICA AFTER THE CIVIL WAR

Saturday
Aug 13

11:00 am

2 Hours 30 Minutes

Following the end of the Civil War, former slaves and their allies forge new meanings of freedom and citizenship; the first black men take seats in the U.S. Congress, in Southern state governments and on juries.
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RECONSTRUCTION: AMERICA AFTER THE CIVIL WAR

Saturday
Aug 13

11:00 am

2 Hours 30 Minutes

Following the end of the Civil War, former slaves and their allies forge new meanings of freedom and citizenship; the first black men take seats in the U.S. Congress, in Southern state governments and on juries.
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RECONSTRUCTION: AMERICA AFTER THE CIVIL WAR

Saturday
Aug 13

1:30 pm

3 Hours

As America enters the 1900s, Southern propaganda and racist imagery saturate popular culture.
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RECONSTRUCTION: AMERICA AFTER THE CIVIL WAR

Saturday
Aug 13

1:30 pm

3 Hours

As America enters the 1900s, Southern propaganda and racist imagery saturate popular culture.
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RECONSTRUCTION: AMERICA AFTER THE CIVIL WAR

Saturday
Aug 13

11:30 pm

2 Hours 30 Minutes

Following the end of the Civil War, former slaves and their allies forge new meanings of freedom and citizenship; the first black men take seats in the U.S. Congress, in Southern state governments and on juries.
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RECONSTRUCTION: AMERICA AFTER THE CIVIL WAR

Saturday
Aug 13

11:30 pm

2 Hours 30 Minutes

Following the end of the Civil War, former slaves and their allies forge new meanings of freedom and citizenship; the first black men take seats in the U.S. Congress, in Southern state governments and on juries.
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RECONSTRUCTION: AMERICA AFTER THE CIVIL WAR

Sunday
Aug 14

2:00 am

3 Hours

As America enters the 1900s, Southern propaganda and racist imagery saturate popular culture.
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RECONSTRUCTION: AMERICA AFTER THE CIVIL WAR

Sunday
Aug 14

2:00 am

3 Hours

As America enters the 1900s, Southern propaganda and racist imagery saturate popular culture.
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RECONSTRUCTION: AMERICA AFTER THE CIVIL WAR

Monday
Aug 15

12:30 am

2 Hours 30 Minutes

Following the end of the Civil War, former slaves and their allies forge new meanings of freedom and citizenship; the first black men take seats in the U.S. Congress, in Southern state governments and on juries.
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RECONSTRUCTION: AMERICA AFTER THE CIVIL WAR

Monday
Aug 15

3:00 am

3 Hours

As America enters the 1900s, Southern propaganda and racist imagery saturate popular culture.
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RECONSTRUCTION: AMERICA AFTER THE CIVIL WAR

Friday
Aug 19

2:00 am

2 Hours 30 Minutes

Following the end of the Civil War, former slaves and their allies forge new meanings of freedom and citizenship; the first black men take seats in the U.S. Congress, in Southern state governments and on juries.
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RECONSTRUCTION: AMERICA AFTER THE CIVIL WAR

Saturday
Aug 20

2:00 am

3 Hours

As America enters the 1900s, Southern propaganda and racist imagery saturate popular culture.

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