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The Reconstruction of America


Historian Eric Foner On The 'Unresolved Legacy Of Reconstruction'

Originally broadcast Jan. 9, 2006. Sponsor Message. Hear The Original Interview. Fresh Air. America: 'Forever Free, ...

Reconstruction and 1876: Crash Course US History #22 - YouTube

... the Reconstruction Era ... https://www.commonlit.... Learn more about Reconstruction in episode #19 of Crash Course Black American History: ...

Historic Documents Library: Civil War and Reconstruction

The Historic Documents in this set cover the Civil War and Reconstruction from 1861 to 1877. During this period, Americans engaged in a bloody Civil War.

The Reconstruction Era (1865–1877) - ThoughtCo

The Reconstruction era was a period of healing and rebuilding in the Southern United States following the American Civil War (1861-1865)

History in a Nutshell | Reconstruction Amendments | Season 1 - PBS

The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the US Constitution were meant to fix the social and political issues many African Americans faced ...

Reconstruction reshaped America along lines contested today

Reconstruction reshaped America along lines contested today. The promises glimpsed in 14 years of the country's history, between 1863 and 1877, remain ...

Reflecting on the History and Legacies of Reconstruction

Du Bois referred to as “The Propaganda of History” in his seminal 1935 study, Black Reconstruction in America, also resonate with today's ...

Politics of Reconstruction – African American History and Culture

Reconstruction involved more than the meaning of emancipation. Women also sought to redefine their roles within the nation and in their local communities.

Reconstruction in the West - The Journal of the Civil War Era

In the United States, many aware of this history felt it was not enough to restore the Union. Instead, it had to be reconstructed to put it–not just the South– ...

How Black Americans Kept Reconstruction Alive - The Atlantic

The concept of a long Reconstruction recognizes that a nation can be two things at once. After 1877, freedom and repression journeyed along ...

Black Reconstruction - Library of America

Save $30 when you buy both Du Bois volumes. Upon its publication in 1935, W.E.B. Du Bois's Black Reconstruction offered a radical new assessment of the post– ...

The Reconstruction Era in America, a story - African American Registry

Reconstruction was America's first attempt at interracial democracy. For much of the 20th century, virtually all writings highlighted this era as one of the ...

Reconstruction and the turbulent post-Civil War era explained

In 1867 and 1868, Congress passed four Reconstruction Acts establishing military rule in former Confederate states and revoking some high- ...

Reconsidering United States' Reconstruction era, Gilded Age

Stanford's Richard White, an American historian, analyzes the United States' history from 1865 to 1896.

Reconstruction 1865-1877 - United States History - Primary Resources

Harper's Weekly Coverage with over 200 excerpts from 1865-1869 Hiram Rhodes Revels First Black US Senator History Central Reconstruction/Post Civil War [1865- ...

The Era of Reconstruction: 1861-1900 - NPS History

Struggle over Woman Suffrage and Black Suffrage in Reconstruction America (New York: Oxford University Press, ... The United States Army and Reconstruction, 1865- ...

Reconstruction and the Formerly Enslaved, Freedom's Story ...

Most white northerners were reticent to embrace these demands in 1865. Within two years white southern intransigence, African American appeals, and political ...

The Reconstruction Era was literally a period of rebuilding—it ...

Thus the post-Civil War end of slavery not only brought freedom to African Americans but also inaugurated a comprehensive and protracted reshaping of ...

Reconstruction in Mississippi, 1865-1876 - 2006-05

States with the longest and most divisive Reconstruction were states where most of the population was Black and whose White leaders had established the ...

Reconstruction - Key Events - Annenberg Learner

A Biography of America. Classroom Resources > A Biography of America > 12. Reconstruction > 12.1 Reconstruction – Key Events ...