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RECONSTRUCTION: AMERICA AFTER THE CIVIL WAR

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
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Hour three of the series examines the years 1877-1896.
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