Reconstruction in America was marked by triumphs and tragedies that collectively worked to usher in a century of Black sovereignty as well as legal and extralegal expressions of white supremacy. Join Dr. Terry Anne Scott as she explores the varied contours of Reconstruction, with particular attention paid to Black freedom expressions and the building of community.

Lecture One. Post-Civil War Existence

Lecture dates: April 5, 12, 19

One ticket provides access to all three lectures. Recordings of the lectures will be sent to all who purchase a ticket. The recordings will remain available until May 3

The end of the American Civil War necessitated federal intervention to protect the lives and livelihoods freed people. The placement of troops in the South during Congressional Reconstruction—as well as the presence of agents from the Bureau of Refugees, Freedman and Abandoned Lands—helped, in small part, to safeguard Black sovereignty and Black political power following the war, and somewhat quell white violence against freed people. Black people, however, also took their lives and destinies into their own hands as they worked to protect their communities by any means necessary.