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Reconstruction | Hour 4 Preview

Season 2019 | 30s

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”

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.
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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Hour three of the series examines the years 1877-1896
Racist imagery saturated popular culture and Southern propaganda manipulated the story.
The aftermath of the Civil War was bewildering, exhilarating . . . and terrifying.
Post-Civil War America was a new world.