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For a longer piece. It is an extraordinary watershed, historical moment. I think we are living through a third american reconstruction effort to reconstruct democracy so that it is multiracial, multicultural. Our first efforts were after the civil war. 1865 to 1877. We did achieve some racial progress. We had black elected officials. 1500 we had a freedmens bureau. We had the creation of black churches and Public Schools, but we also institutionalized racial segregation rather quickly by the 1880s and 1890s. And we did it through racial violence and public policy. Our second reconstruction is the Civil Rights Movement between 1954 and 1965. When we think about Public School desegregation and the Voting Rights act and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. There was again racial progress, but that was really quickly closed off when we think about 1968. The assassination of Martin Luther king jr. , the assassination of Bobby Kennedy, the assassination of malcolm x. Now, we have another effort. In
Susan dr. Peniel joseph, you and i planned this interview three months back, but we got sideways with the covid lockdown. As a historian, how are you processing this time this country is going through . Prof. Joseph i have been writing a lot, both opeds in for a longer piece. It is extraordinary watershed moment. I think we are living through a third american reconstruction effort to reconstruct democracy so that it is multiracial, multicultural. Our first efforts were after the civil war. 1865 to 1877. We did achieve some racial progress. We had 15 black elected officials. We had a freedmens bureau. We had the creation of black churches and Public Schools, but we also institutionalized racial segregation rather quickly by the 1880s and 1890s. We did it through racial violence and public policy. Our second reconstruction is the Civil Rights Movement between 1954 and 1965. When we think about Public School desegregation and the Voting Rights act and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Bute wa
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Explore new york city from sunrise to sunset to find out what its really like under lockdown. And im sure the sports the most successful players in mens tennis history want to set up a fund to help lower ranked players financially doing the kimono virus crisis. Welcome to the new british leaders are defending themselves against damning criticism that theyve mishandled a coronavirus pandemic the sunday Times Newspaper points the finger directly at Prime Minister johnson it accuses him of wasting precious time in stopping the spread now the paper usually supports Johnsons Conservative Party but it says he ignored scientists warnings failed to replenish stocks of protective medical equipment and didnt attend of 5 initial emergency meetings about the outbreak or since then more than 15000. 00 britons have died in hospitals across the country thats the worlds 5th highest National Death toll and the true total could be much higher because official statistics dont include the deaths of people