Reconstruction: America After The Civil War

Experience the aftermath of the Civil War - a bewildering, exhilarating and terrifying time. For African Americans, despite their hard-won freedom, support for their social, economic and political gains did not last.

Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 101

About Reconstruction: America After The Civil War:

Join Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

for this exploration of the transformative years following the Civil War, when the nation struggled to rebuild itself in the face of profound loss, massive destruction and revolutionary social change.

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