Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Civil Rights During Reconstruction

Historians describe the debate over extending civil rights to former slaves that divided the country after the Civil War.
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Rebuilding the South After the War

Sherman says when he starts out on the march, "I can make Georgia howl." He's bringing the war to the civilian population. He ...
Talking Points Memo

Jan. 6 and the Long Shadow of Civil War- and Reconstruction-Era Political Violence

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