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New Orleans Riot
(Summer 1866)
Violence erupts at a political convention as dozens of blacks and Radical Republicans are murdered in the streets. (2:27)
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A Radical Plan
(Spring 1867)
Congress imposes military governance in the South and grants African Americans the right to vote. (4:44)
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The Meaning of the Vote
(Spring 1867)
White southerners dread black suffrage, but blacks see the ballot as proof they are citizens at last. (2:27)
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Interracial Democracy
(Spring 1867)
Black suffrage is imposed in the South, though blacks cannot vote in many Northern states. (6:39)
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"The Negro Is Unfit to Rule"
(Summer 1868)
The Georgia legislature's white majority forcibly expels elected African American representatives, including Tunis Campbell. (4:01)
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"Let Us Have Peace"
(Fall 1868)
Union general Ulysses S. Grant is elected president, promising a quick reconciliation of North and South. (2:52)
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The New Order of Things
(Winter 1870)
Republican legislators like former slave John Lynch introduce new services -- and new taxes. (4:38)
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Federal Intervention
(Fall 1871)
A Congressional investigation of Southern violence prompts President Grant to crack down on the Ku Klux Klan. (2:57)
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Hopes for Change
(Spring 1873)
Blacks attain national political power for the first time, and legislators hope to build a new South. (2:02)
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Ideals and Intimidation
(Early 1875)
Congress passes a visionary civil rights bill, but Southern vigilantes continue their violence. (5:27)
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The End of Reconstruction
(Spring 1877)
Republicans agree to abandon Reconstruction in a back-room political deal. (2:20)
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John Roy Lynch: Epilogue
Learn about former-slave- turned-Congressman John Roy Lynch's life after Reconstruction. (0:16)
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