To the content of the presentday. To wanted to start out by sharing with you all the National Parks association and the association for the study of aftermarket africanamerican life and history begin or than years ago. It was then that Irena Webster and Barbara Spencer done joined with the women who would become and had the vision to join forces to support and enhance the work of the National Park service. Sadly, she passed away earlier this year. I wanted to take a moment at the start of this conversation about the preservation of the history of the struggle to achieve black Voting Rights to remember my boss, my friend and a true pioneer in the long and ongoing process of the conservation and preservation organizations more just, equitable, diverse and inclusive. Today, folks are going to be aware the history of the struggle for Voting Rights is wideranging, multifaceted and current. It is still going on. What we want to do with this panel of experts and people who are my friends, fol
Constitutional rights given to africanamericans or as a failure because Racial Discrimination was legal and africanamericans remain unequal. So today, we are going to be talking about reconstruction. Right . So what is reconstruction . Its really the period immediately after the civil war. The period of reconstruction. Why is it called reconstruction . Because we are talking about the reconstruction of the union. Right . Of the seceded states that had formed the confederacy, theyre now defeated and the question then becomes is how do they reenter the union . How do we reconstruct the union . And that is why this period is known as reconstruction. It is not that well known in American History. As the civil war, so so far, we have been talking about the civil war, right, before the midterms, we covered the civil war. And everyone knows about the civil war. It has kind of a triumphant end. You know, at least if youre not a neoconfederate. The union wins. Slavery is destroyed. Reconstructi
Its really the period immediately after the civil war is the period of reconstruction. Why is it called reconstruction . Because we are talking about the reconstruction of the union, right, of the seceded states that had formed the confederacy. Theyre now defeated. And the question then becomes is how do they reenter the union . How do we reconstruct the union . And that is why this period is known as reconstruction. It is not that wellknown in American History as the civil war. So, so far weve been talking simply about the civil war, right . Before the midterms, we covered the civil war. Everyone knows about the civil war. It has kind of a triumphant end, at least if youre not a newer confederate. The union wins. Slavery is destroyed. Reconstruction, on the other hand, does not have a happy ending. Its a great experiment in racial democracy immediately after the war, but it is overthrown. Maybe we all like happy endings, and thats one of the seasons we dont know that much about recons
Cox richardson about her new book, how the south won the civil war, the continuing fight for the soul of america. And im a professor of history at yale university. And i will have a discussion with heather about her book and this is brought to you by the Community Outreach for over 150 years and thats some real history there. Now, on to heathers book. Her book has gotten a lot of critical praise. For example, tthe Washington Post writes, Heather Cox Richardson of Boston College describes goldwaters crusade in her masterful book. Perhaps the most important Political Coalition of the 20th century and Publishers Weekly says, though richardson underemphasizes the prevalence of racism, sexism and unequality of other parts of the country during the civil war she marshals more for the books title. Conservatives will cry foul, but critics will be persuaded. And first, i want to invite those of you out in the world listening to share your questions for heather, you can do that, typing in the a
Welcome to book prints, a new Program Sponsored by ambassadors of American History. Im the president of the institute. We are preventing important books in American History which leaves the 18thcentury volumes behind me our current important books by the major prizewinning historians in our country. Also, william roka works on the health and education program. We present each of these historians and guide questions and answer sessions toward the end. Please go to our website, Gilder Lehrman. Com. Good afternoon. On june 14th, welcome, everyone. Todays guest will be professor elizabeth baron. For you guys who are not familiar with the Gilder Lehrman institute, we are so glad you could join us and to tell you a little bit about the Gilder Lehrman instituted is a Nonprofit Organization dedicated to k12 history, education, our mission is to promote the knowledge and understanding of American History through educational programs. We also provide direct access to unique primary source materi