Henry Louis Gates Jr & Paula Kerger on Reconstruction: America After the Civil War | SXSW EDU

Henry Louis Gates Jr & Paula Kerger, in conversation with Eric Deggans, discuss the documentary series, Reconstruction: America After the Civil War.
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War:
Explore how one of the most misunderstood and misrepresented chapters in American history - the transformative years following the Civil War - still haunt the country, more than 150 years later. In this candid conversation PBS leaders will provide educators with the framework to discuss the historical, sociological and political factors that lead us to our current day, as well as the challenge we still face as a nation to live up to our founding ideals of democracy, freedom and equality for all.
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