Reconstruction: America After the Civil War "Part 1"

Portrait of Wilson Meir, part of a unique group of individual portraits of officers, non-commissioned officers, and enlisted men of Company F, 108th United States Colored Infantry. Courtesy of Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Portrait of Wilson Meir, part of a unique group of individual portraits of officers, non-commissioned officers, and enlisted men of Company F, 108th United States Colored Infantry. Courtesy of Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Part 1

Following the Civil War, support for social and economic gains for African Americans did not last.

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Reconstruction: America After The Civil War

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TVPG

Length:

1 hour 56 minutes

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