Reconstruction: America After Civil War
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Description
Renowned Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. presents the definitive history of the trans-formative years following the American Civil War, when the nation struggled to rebuild itself amidst profound loss, massive destruction, and revolutionary social change.
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- EPISODE 1
Episode 1
Experience the aftermath of the Civil War — a bewildering, exhilarating and terrifying time. African Americans who had played a crucial role in the war now grapple with the terms and implications of Reconstruction and their hard-won freedom.
Experience the aftermath of the Civil War — a bewildering, exhilarating and terrifying time. African Americans who had played a crucial role in the war now grapple with the terms and implications of Reconstruction and their hard-won freedom.
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- EPISODE 2
Episode 2
Discover how post-Civil War America was a new world. Learn how African Americans made political, social and economic progress in the face of violence.
Discover how post-Civil War America was a new world. Learn how African Americans made political, social and economic progress in the face of violence.
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- EPISODE 3
Episode 3
Explore the rise of Jim Crow and the undermining of Reconstruction’s legal and political legacy.
Explore the rise of Jim Crow and the undermining of Reconstruction’s legal and political legacy.
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- EPISODE 4
Episode 4
See African Americans in the 1900s using artistic expression against revisionist history and racism.
See African Americans in the 1900s using artistic expression against revisionist history and racism.