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Reconstruction | Part 1, Hour 2

Season 2019 Episode 2 | 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.

Aired: 04/08/19 | Expires: 01/02/21
Extras
A look at the rise of Jim Crow and the turn of the century.
Hour three of the series examines the years 1877-1896.
Racist imagery saturated popular culture and Southern propaganda manipulated the story.
Reconstruction explores the transformative years following the American Civil War.
Here is an extended first look at Reconstruction: America After the Civil War.
A controversial presidential election in 1876 deals Reconstruction a grievous blow.
See how our past affects our present with this inside look of Reconstruction.
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