American Experience; Interview with Clarence E. Walker, Historian, University of California, Davis, part 3 of 3 : Reconstruction: The Second Civil War
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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. Walker talks about rising violence against Republicans. Race trumps class, role of religion, Henry McNeal Turner, black preacher-politicians, John Roy Lynch, Civil Rights Bill of 1875, social equality.
