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How the South Won the Civil War
During Reconstruction, true citizenship finally seemed in reach for black Americans. Then their dreams were dismantled
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/08/how-the-south-won-the-civil-war
Was there ever a fighting chance for full black citizenship, equality before the law, agrarian reform? Or did the combination of hostility and indifference among white Americans make the disaster inevitable?
By Adam Gopnik
Black political power during Reconstruction was short-lived—eclipsed, in significant part, by a campaign of terror.
Illustration by Cristiana Couceiro. Photographs: Hirarchivum Press / Alamy (Ku Klux Klan); Smith Collection / Gado / Getty (building); Universal History Archive / Getty (flags); Everett / Alamy (gallows)
... we still fightingHow the South Won the Civil War
During Reconstruction, true citizenship finally seemed in reach for black Americans. Then their dreams were dismantled
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/08/how-the-south-won-the-civil-war
Was there ever a fighting chance for full black citizenship, equality before the law, agrarian reform? Or did the combination of hostility and indifference among white Americans make the disaster inevitable?
By Adam Gopnik
Black political power during Reconstruction was short-lived—eclipsed, in significant part, by a campaign of terror.
Illustration by Cristiana Couceiro. Photographs: Hirarchivum Press / Alamy (Ku Klux Klan); Smith Collection / Gado / Getty (building); Universal History Archive / Getty (flags); Everett / Alamy (gallows)
