C-Span has an interesting panel discussion from the November 2016 Lincoln Forum. The panel discusses African American suffrage during Reconstruction. It looks at broader issues of the successes and failures of Reconstruction. You can find the video here.
The panelists are:
Douglas K. Egerton
Professor
Le Moyne College-History Department
Edna Greene Medford
Professor
Howard University-History Department
Joan Waugh
Professor
University of California, Los Angeles-History Department
Frank J. Williams
Co-Founder and Chair
Lincoln Forum
If you watch this video you will obtain a more balanced view of Reconstruction. There were many ways in which whites frustrated the expectations of blacks seeking equality, but there were substantial permanent achievements as well.
“One thing Reconstruction gets right is it enfranchises blacks all across the North.” -Douglas Egerton
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