American experience. Reconstruction, the second Civil War. Interview with David W. Blight, historian, Yale University. 4 of 6 / [produced by WGBH].
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. Blight talks about former slave John Roy Lynch in Mississippi legislature and elect...
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