Chris Hayes of MSNBC interviewed Professor Kidada E. Williams about her new book “I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction.” This is an interesting discussion of the use of terror to suppress the Black vote during Reconstruction as well as ways the Grant administration was able to protect voters using the Ku Klux Klan Act and the U.S. Army. Here is the description from iTunes:
The Reconstruction era is a pivotal point in our nation’s history and often misconstrued. What many hoped to be a time of promise and racial equality after the Civil war turned into a period marked by terror and violence against Black people and widespread efforts to undermine and stop Black progress. In her new book, “I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction,” Professor Kidada E. Williams of Wayne State University reexamines this period and shares the stories of those who fought against oppression. Williams joins WITHpod to discuss her new book and the impact of racial trauma on future generations.
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