Sat Apr 6, 2019, 04:03 PM

RECONSTRUCTION: AMERICA AFTER THE CIVIL WAR

ABOUT THE FILM
Henry Louis Gates Jr. presents a vital new four-hour documentary series on Reconstruction: America After the Civil War. The series explores the transformative years following the American Civil War, when the nation struggled to rebuild itself in the face of profound loss, massive destruction, and revolutionary social change. The twelve years that composed the post-war Reconstruction era (1865-77) witnessed a seismic shift in the meaning and makeup of our democracy, with millions of former slaves and free black people seeking out their rightful place as equal citizens under the law. Though tragically short-lived, this bold democratic experiment was, in the words of W. E. B. Du Bois, a ‘brief moment in the sun’ for African Americans, when they could advance, and achieve, education, exercise their right to vote, and run for and win public office.

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RECONSTRUCTION: AMERICA AFTER THE CIVIL WAR (Original post)	Kind of Blue	Apr 2019	OP
Thanks for posting	Sherman A1	Apr 2019	#1
You're welcome, Sherman A1!	Kind of Blue	Apr 2019	#2
That looks really good - comes on here next week on PBS	northoftheborder	Apr 2019	#3
Thanks for that, northoftheborder	Kind of Blue	Apr 2019	#8
Really, thanks for posting this. I can't wait to watch...I love Mr. Gates too. nt	SWBTATTReg	Apr 2019	#4
You're welcome, SWBTATTReg!	Kind of Blue	Apr 2019	#9
so looking forward to this	eShirl	Apr 2019	#5
LOL! Didn't know Skip is Gates' nickname.	Kind of Blue	Apr 2019	#10
Lincoln's biggest mistake was not hanging the generals and politicians.	bitterross	Apr 2019	#6
Thank you! I have been saying that thoughout most of my 80 years on this earth. Officers that were	demosincebirth	Apr 2019	#7
bitterross...	Kind of Blue	Apr 2019	#11

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Sat Apr 6, 2019, 04:05 PM

Sherman A1 (33,656 posts)

1. Thanks for posting

I will have to check my local station.

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Sat Apr 6, 2019, 04:10 PM

Kind of Blue (8,709 posts)

2. You're welcome, Sherman A1!

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Sat Apr 6, 2019, 04:30 PM

northoftheborder (7,248 posts)

3. That looks really good - comes on here next week on PBS

Also the book he wrote on the same topic-----

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Sat Apr 6, 2019, 05:26 PM

Kind of Blue (8,709 posts)

8. Thanks for that, northoftheborder

I didn't know of the book.

Yes, April 9th. I'm really looking forward to it!

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Sat Apr 6, 2019, 04:34 PM

SWBTATTReg (14,335 posts)

4. Really, thanks for posting this. I can't wait to watch...I love Mr. Gates too. nt

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Sat Apr 6, 2019, 05:30 PM

Kind of Blue (8,709 posts)

9. You're welcome, SWBTATTReg!

I'm so looking forward to it, too.

It's a miniseries, I think in 4 parts, so it's gonna go deep. Love it already!

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Sat Apr 6, 2019, 04:44 PM

eShirl (17,100 posts)

5. so looking forward to this

yay Skip

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Sat Apr 6, 2019, 05:32 PM

Kind of Blue (8,709 posts)

10. LOL! Didn't know Skip is Gates' nickname.

Yup! I'm looking forward to it, too. Skip always produces quality documentaries.

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Sat Apr 6, 2019, 04:56 PM

bitterross (4,066 posts)

6. Lincoln's biggest mistake was not hanging the generals and politicians.

Lincoln's biggest mistake during Reconstruction was being too nice. He should have hung every single Confederate general and politician for treason. Yes, it would have made things uncomfortable then. But maybe it would have prevented a lot of the stupidity we have now. People who get hanged for treason rarely have schools and roads named for them. They rarely have statues erected in their honor.

The South, where I am from, was let off the hook too easily.

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Sat Apr 6, 2019, 05:22 PM

demosincebirth (12,029 posts)

7. Thank you! I have been saying that thoughout most of my 80 years on this earth. Officers that were

graduates of the Military academies should have been the first ones hung starting with Lee, then Davis.

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Sat Apr 6, 2019, 05:38 PM

Kind of Blue (8,709 posts)

11. bitterross...

I agree and a group of traitors killed him. I wonder sometimes if Reconstruction would have lasted longer and the affects truly lasting if he'd lived.

But we're at the beginning of changing the major hidden narratives that can't be denied.

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