Tenth Period | Reconstruction and Narrative: Amendments and Their Limitations

BRI staff members Kirk Higgins and Rachel Davison Humphries are joined by BRI Teacher Council member Michael Sandstrom and LeeAnna Keith, author of "The Colfax Massacre: The Untold Story of Black Power, White Terror, and the Death of Reconstruction," as they explore meaningful narratives from the Reconstruction time period and their implications today.

What role did the Reconstruction amendments, the 13th Amendment, 14th Amendment, and 15th Amendment play in local, state, and federal outcomes of the onset of the Jim Crow?