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RECONSTRUCTION: AMERICA AFTER THE CIVIL WAR

Reconstruction | Part 1, Hour 2

Post-Civil War America was a new world.

04/09/2019 | Expired 01/03/2021 | Rating TV-PG

FromHenry Louis Gates, Jr.

Reconstruction | Part 1, Hour 2

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RECONSTRUCTION: AMERICA AFTER THE CIVIL WAR

Reconstruction | Part 1, Hour 2

Episode 2 | 55m 58sVideo has Closed Captions

Post-Civil War America was a new world.

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.

04/09/2019 | Expired 01/03/2021 | Rating TV-PG

FromHenry Louis Gates, Jr.

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RECONSTRUCTION: AMERICA AFTER THE CIVIL WAR

Reconstruction | Part 1, Hour 2

Episode 2 | 55m 58sVideo has Closed Captions

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.

04/09/2019 | Expired 01/03/2021 | Rating TV-PG

FromHenry Louis Gates, Jr.

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