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American Experience: Reconstruction: The Second Civil War, Season 16, Episode 2, Interview with Eric Foner, Historian, Columbia University,...
directed by Llewellyn Smith, fl. 1987-2017; produced by Llewellyn Smith, fl. 1987-2017, WGBH Boston; interview by Llewellyn Smith, fl. 1987-2017, in American Experience: Reconstruction: The Second Civil War, Season 16, Episode 2 (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2017), 49 mins
In the tumultuous years after the Civil War (1863-77), America grappled with how to rebuild itself, how to successfully bring the South back into the Union and how to bring former slaves into the life of the country. Foner talks about Reconstruction and its impact on the 21st century, Sherman's March, traumatic mo...
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directed by Llewellyn Smith, fl. 1987-2017; produced by Llewellyn Smith, fl. 1987-2017, WGBH Boston; interview by Llewellyn Smith, fl. 1987-2017, in American Experience: Reconstruction: The Second Civil War, Season 16, Episode 2 (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2017), 49 mins
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In the tumultuous years after the Civil War (1863-77), America grappled with how to rebuild itself, how to successfully bring the South back into the Union and how to bring former slaves into the life of the country. Foner talks about Reconstruction and its impact on the 21st century, Sherman's March, traumatic moment for white planters, devastation caused by Civil War, rethinking race, Field Order Number 15 for settlement of black families, 40 a...
In the tumultuous years after the Civil War (1863-77), America grappled with how to rebuild itself, how to successfully bring the South back into the Union and how to bring former slaves into the life of the country. Foner talks about Reconstruction and its impact on the 21st century, Sherman's March, traumatic moment for white planters, devastation caused by Civil War, rethinking race, Field Order Number 15 for settlement of black families, 40 acres and a mule, access to education, creation of the black church, Andrew Johnson, Tunis Campbell and establishment of black community on St. Catherines Island.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Llewellyn Smith, fl. 1987-2017, WGBH Boston
Author / Creator
Llewellyn Smith, fl. 1987-2017
Date Published / Released
2004, 2017
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Series
American Experience: Reconstruction: The Second Civil War
Person Discussed
Eric Foner, 1943-, Tunis Gulic Campbell, 1812-1891, Andrew Johnson, 1808-1875, William Tecumseh Sherman, 1820-1891, Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865
Topic / Theme
Long Civil Rights Movement, United States, Black community, Civil rights, Postwar reconstruction, Race relations, Race discrimination, Reconstruction, US, 1865-1877, U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865, Sherman's March to the Sea, November 16-December 10, 1864, Race and Gender, Political and Social Movements, War and Violence, History, Politics & Policy, Reconstruction (1866–1876), African Americans, Amer...
Long Civil Rights Movement, United States, Black community, Civil rights, Postwar reconstruction, Race relations, Race discrimination, Reconstruction, US, 1865-1877, U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865, Sherman's March to the Sea, November 16-December 10, 1864, Race and Gender, Political and Social Movements, War and Violence, History, Politics & Policy, Reconstruction (1866–1876), African Americans, Americans, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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