our land. what does us mean to you? what was reconstruction? when was it? after slavery. after slavery, yes,. after the civil war. this is when black people tried to teach america how to have a real democracy. during reconstruction, black people who were able to vote in the south, and they got in the state legislatures and passed laws. to say things like, everybody should go to school for free. white people, yeah poor white people too. this man like here, came out of slavery in virginia. he came to d. c. as a congressman from virginia. this man was born into slavery. [inaudible] i mean, it s congressman langston now. that s why i love reconstruction. we have real heroes. are we any different than these people were? no. no we re not. you know what s different? we just don t remember. my name is greg carr. anyone associate professor and
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