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Dr. John Hope Franklin discusses reconstruction after the American Civil War; part 2

BROADCAST: 1966 | DURATION: 00:26:36

Synopsis

Dr. John Hope Franklin, professor of history at University of Chicago, discusses the political history of reconstruction after the Civil War, along with which political decisions led to a power imbalance and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in the southern states; part 2.