Reconstruction: America After The Civil War

Explore the rise of Jim Crow and the undermining of Reconstruction's legal and political legacy, and see how African Americans fought back using artistic expression to put forward a "New Negro" for a new century.

Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 102

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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