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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 鈥渂rief moment in the sun.鈥 But support for the social, economic, and political gains they achieved didn鈥檛 last long. A controversial presidential election in 1876 deals Reconstruction a grievous blow.

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