Reconstruction Era Quotes

6 quotes from 4 authors

Here you’ll meet six sharp voices that grapple with the Reconstruction Era’s soaring hopes and brutal backlash. From Black progress under fire to the lingering echo in Mudbound, the quotes paint a turbulent aftermath. If you crave more depth, check the Civil Rights Movement and Jim Crow pages, or broaden view with American History.

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“We seem to be in a continuing feedback loop of repeating a past that our country has yet to address. Our history…

Jesmyn Ward

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“While the Reconstruction Era was fraught with corruption and arguably doomed by the lack of land reform, the sweeping economic and political…

Michelle Alexander

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The backlash against gains of African Americans in the Reconstruction Era was swift and severe.

Michelle Alexander

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“Advance Praise for THE GREAT NEW ORLEANS KIDNAPPING CASE: RACE, LAW, AND JUSTICE IN THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA "Michael Ross' The Great New…

Michael A. Ross

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'Mudbound,' you know, is about home. 'Mudbound' is about what it means to be a citizen, and 'Mudbound,' in fact, is set…

Dee Rees

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A slew of federal civil rights legislation protecting the newly freed slaves was passed during the relatively brief but extraordinary period of…

Michelle Alexander

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