Black political energy was at its top throughout Reconstruction. What occurred?
On this first episode of “Historical past Refocused,” we learn the way a former slave’s story reveals each the immense energy of the vote and the community-shattering results when it’s taken away by violence. Abby Phillip talks with CNN’s Brandon Tensley to debate why federal intervention was key each within the Reconstruction years and nonetheless at this time.
Chapters:
00:00-03:02 American Reconstruction and the Black vote
03:03-07:42 The story of Oscar James Dunn (1822-1871)
07:42-12:23 Echoes of federal intervention, 1871 to current
Oscar James Dunn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Dunn
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