75: Reconstruction (Part 3): The Rise of the KKK and the First Black Men in Government
“Boys, let us get up a club or society of some description.” This is the story of Reconstruction peaking and its opponents organizing to fight back. With Radical Republicans at the helm of Reconstruction, the former Confederate states are forced to make new state constitutions that include black men in the process.…
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