RECONSTRUCTION: AMERICA AFTER THE CIVIL WAR

Reconstruction | Part 1, Hour 1

Episode 1 | 55m 53s | Video has closed captioning.

The aftermath of the Civil War was bewildering, exhilarating . . . and terrifying. African Americans had played a crucial role in saving the Union and now, as the country grappled with the terms and implications of Reconstruction, they struggled to breathe life into their hard-won freedom. The result was a second American Revolution.