Five years after the fall of slavery, there was a Black senator in Mississippi. Two years later, there was a Black governor in Louisiana. The next Black governor didn’t take office until 1990. How did we go from a war to end slavery to a system of legalized white supremacy? How did revisionist histories of Reconstruction inspire white supremacist movements around the world? How does the legacy of this period continue to impact society today?

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