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Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
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Hour three of the series examines the years 1877-1896, a transitional period that saw visions of a “New South” set the stage for the rise of Jim Crow and the undermining of Reconstruction’s legal and political legacy.
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Racist imagery saturated popular culture and Southern propaganda manipulated the story.
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The aftermath of the Civil War was bewildering, exhilarating . . . and terrifying.