i once heard reverend barbara talking about forgiveness and grace after the the tragic murders in charleston at the amby church. And he basically said, yes, you know, forgiveness is important, right? This whole idea of grace. He also said, incidentally, that forgiveness should be about not allowing the evils of a system to be displaced on to one particular killer either. You know, tha ithov was another thing. So that in that way, forgiveness could be profound, because it could be about moving the indictment back on to the system. While still weu know, we got to hold the person accountable,. but you know, this idea of grace, right? Before you
After the Civil War, a surprising coalition tried to remake the United States into a real multiracial democracy for the first time. Reconstruction, as the effort was called, brought dramatic change to America. For a while.
Reported and produced by John Biewen, with series collaborator Chenjerai Kumanyika. The series script editor is Loretta Williams. Interviews with Victoria Smalls, Brent Morris, Eric Foner, Kidada Williams, Bobby Donaldson, and Edward Baptist.
Music by Algiers, John Erik Kaada, Eric Neveux, and Lucas Biewen. Music consulting and production help from Joe Augustine of Narrative Music.
Photo: Historian Bobby Donaldson of the University of South Carolina, at the South Carolina State House, Columbia, SC. Photo by John Biewen.