Thursday, April 18, 2024

EUR Video News: Black Power was At its Height During Reconstruction. What happened?

Reconstruction - Black Congress Members
Left to right, Senator Hiram Revels of Mississippi with some of the first black members of congress, Benjamin Turner, Robert De Large, Josiah Walls, Jefferson Long, Joseph Rainey and Robert Brown Elliot, circa 1870. – Getty

*In this first episode of “History Refocused,” we learn how a former slave’s story shows both the immense power of the vote and the community-shattering effects when it’s taken away by violence.

Abby Phillip talks with CNN’s Brandon Tensley to discuss why federal intervention was key both in the Reconstruction years and still today.

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