Reconstruction: America after The Civil War Part 1, Hour 1 (Season 1, Episode 1)
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TV Episode | 55 min | Documentary

Reconstruction: America after The Civil War

Part 1, Hour 1 (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 55 min | Documentary

After the Civil War, efforts to realize a "new south" begin. Whites offered share cropping to blacks, but agreements were not understood (due to lack of literacy skill) and insurmountable debt meant continued oppression. The Supreme Court ...See moreAfter the Civil War, efforts to realize a "new south" begin. Whites offered share cropping to blacks, but agreements were not understood (due to lack of literacy skill) and insurmountable debt meant continued oppression. The Supreme Court reversed rights to equal treatment, and by 1890 all-black communities formed, allowing businesses, governments, and distinctive cultures to live and flourish. Efforts to improve the economic and political status of blacks are met with resistance, restrictions, disenfranchisement, and consistent character assault. This episode offers many examples of how the entire nation struggled with the End of slavery. Prepare to learn about the depths to which people will go to to suppress cultures that don't mirror our own. Written by samcbrid See less

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Name	Known for
Henry Louis Gates Jr. Self - Host (as Henry Louis Gates) Self - Host (as Henry Louis Gates) See fewer	12 Years a Slave (2013)
Martha S. Jones Self (as Martha Jones) Self (as Martha Jones) See fewer	Amend: The Fight for America (2021)
Mark Lund Upper / Common White Male Upper / Common White Male See fewer	Justice Is Mind (2013)
Andia Winslow Actress Actress See fewer	A League of Their Own (2022)