Mobituaries are popular history podcasts from Mo Rocca. This one deals with the death of African American Congressional Representation at the end of Reconstruction. It features Eric Foner and Henry Louis Gates. You can use the player below to listen.
The Black Congressmen of Reconstruction: Death of Representation-During the 1870s, more than a dozen African American men, many of whom had been born into slavery, were elected to the U.S. Congress. It was a period that ended all too quickly.
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