Reconstruction with Jamelle Bouie
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Reconstruction
In reconstruction, you get the beginnings of what would become the american racial order. The process of trying to enforce race hierarchy, violence ends at being a means through which there is an attempt to coop this group. Then it becomes a way to identify the people who are actively screwing you right? There 's the panic of 18 73, big depression, which etanks the republican party in midterm elections and debilitates the ability to stain a troop presence in the south.
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