American History Tellers Reconstruction Era - Counter Narratives (Season 58, Episode 7)
Podcast Episode | 39 min | Family, History

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American History Tellers

Reconstruction Era - Counter Narratives (Season 58, Episode 7)

Podcast Episode | 39 min | Family, History

After Federal troops withdrew from the South in 1877, Reconstruction officially came to an end, and the battle to control the narrative began. For the next century, white Southerners espoused the Lost Cause mythology, shifting the blame ...See moreAfter Federal troops withdrew from the South in 1877, Reconstruction officially came to an end, and the battle to control the narrative began. For the next century, white Southerners espoused the Lost Cause mythology, shifting the blame for the failure of Reconstruction onto Northern interlopers and Black citizens supposedly "unready" for freedom. Today, Lindsay is joined by University of Colorado Professor Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders to discuss the legacy of Reconstruction, and how Black scholars and communities have worked to counter the Lost Cause narrative, even up to today. See less

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