248 reactions · 61 shares | "I call the summer of 1867 the First Freedom Summer...80% of all eligible black men registered to vote." Saturday on "Lectures in History," guest speaker Henry Louis Gates, Jr. talks to The Citadel class about the Reconstruction Era. Watch on C-SPAN 2 at 11am & 8pm ET https://www.c-span.org/video/?513090-2/reconstruction-era | American History TV | Facebook

3.3K views · 96 reactions | The Reconstruction Era is often taught as a dark period in American history, a time of upheaval and unrest right after the Civil War. But what often gets overlooked is that, for a brief period of time, thousands of Black representatives were elected to office all over the South. https://ti.me/3sZ5caQ | TIME | Facebook

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War delves into the transformative post-war years as the U.S. struggled to evolve. #ReconstructionPBS premieres Tues, April 9 at 9/8c. | PBS