Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

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See how our past affects our present with this inside look of Reconstruction.

Hour three of the series examines the years 1877-1896

Racist imagery saturated popular culture and Southern propaganda manipulated the story.

Here is an extended first look at Reconstruction: America After the Civil War.

The aftermath of the Civil War was bewildering, exhilarating and terrifying.

Post-Civil War America was a new world.