/tags/reconstruction Reconstruction en-US Copyright Tue, 27 Feb 2024 15:05:21 GMT /show/due-south/2024-02-27/how-white-supremacists-briefly-overthrew-louisianas-state-legislature-150-years-ago The start of the end of Reconstruction in the South happened during the 1874 election season. That’s what an author argues in a deeply-researched new book “Sheridan's Secret Mission: How the South Won the War After the Civil War.” It includes the story of a Union General who helped stop a group of white men attempting to overthrow the fairly elected Louisiana state government when the new legislators were to be installed in January 1875. Tue, 27 Feb 2024 15:05:21 GMT /show/due-south/2024-02-27/how-white-supremacists-briefly-overthrew-louisianas-state-legislature-150-years-ago Jeff Tiberii /race-demographics/2021-06-18/seeking-justice-juneteenth-commemorated-reenactment-warren-county In Warrenton, North Carolina, this Juneteenth is commemorated by a dramatic production. The community came together, not to tell the story of the end of slavery, but the end of Reconstruction, some 50 years later. Fri, 18 Jun 2021 13:33:41 GMT /race-demographics/2021-06-18/seeking-justice-juneteenth-commemorated-reenactment-warren-county Leoneda Inge /arts-culture/2020-08-26/civil-war-and-southern-charm-how-hollywood-takes-on-the-south Some of the most popular films in our nation’s cinematic history are about the life, culture and customs of the American South. “Gone With the Wind” — the… Wed, 26 Aug 2020 15:46:13 GMT /arts-culture/2020-08-26/civil-war-and-southern-charm-how-hollywood-takes-on-the-south Kaia Findlay, Frank Stasio