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Racist imagery saturated popular culture and Southern propaganda manipulated the story.
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Hour three of the series examines the years 1877-1896
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Post-Civil War America was a new world.
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The aftermath of the Civil War was bewildering, exhilarating . . . and terrifying.
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Reconstruction explores the transformative years following the American Civil War.
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Here is an extended first look at Reconstruction: America After the Civil War.
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See how our past affects our present with this inside look of Reconstruction.
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Racist imagery saturated popular culture and Southern propaganda manipulated the story.
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Hour three of the series examines the years 1877-1896.
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A controversial presidential election in 1876 deals Reconstruction a grievous blow.
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A look at the rise of Jim Crow and the turn of the century.