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Reconstruction: America after The Civil War
Part 2

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PBS | Air Date: April 16, 2019
Summary: Conclusion. The rise of Jim Crow during the years of 1877-1896 is recalled. Southern sharecropping, convict leasing, disfranchisement and lynchings drew a "color line" limiting opportunities and destroying lives. Also: How, as America entered the 1900s, Southern propaganda manipulated the story of the Civil War and racist imagery saturatedConclusion. The rise of Jim Crow during the years of 1877-1896 is recalled. Southern sharecropping, convict leasing, disfranchisement and lynchings drew a "color line" limiting opportunities and destroying lives. Also: How, as America entered the 1900s, Southern propaganda manipulated the story of the Civil War and racist imagery saturated popular culture. African Americans fought back using artistic expression to put forward a "New Negro" for a new century. Expand
Genre(s): News/Documentary, Documentary, Educational
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