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It was about the post-Civil War period and the political resistance, particularly from Southern states, to the newly adopted constitutional amendments abolishing slavery and guaranteeing racial...
- 'Second Founding' Examines How Reconstruction Remade The ...
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Eric Foner talks how the...
- 'Second Founding' Examines How Reconstruction Remade The ...
Jan 21, 2021 · What Reconstruction teaches us about white nationalism today. Historian Eric Foner on the long tradition of white nationalists clashing with Black people exercising their rights.
- Fabiola Cineas
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Eric Foner talks how the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments relate to current debates about voting rights, mass incarceration and reparations for slavery.
Historian Eric Foner says the failed promises reverberate today. Originally broadcast Jan. 9, 2006. After the Civil War, the federal government promised former slaves equality and citizenship.
For historian Eric Foner, the Reconstruction Era was nothing less than a second founding of the U.S. marked by the greatest expansion of constitutional rights since the document’s ratification. But this second founding has also left a complicated legacy littered with devastating reversals of justice that demand our continued attention today.
Dec 15, 2015 · Foner cleared up many misconceptions about Reconstruction’s development and demise. Foner reminded the audience that Reconstruction represented a fundamental shift in thinking about the relationship of the federal government to the people.
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Mar 28, 2015 · Reconstruction refers to the period, generally dated from 1865 to 1877, during which the nation’s laws and Constitution were rewritten to guarantee the basic rights of the former slaves, and...
