A compelling visual history of our nation's post-emancipation conflicts over racial equality

https://www.pbs.org/weta/reconstruction/

Post-1865 Re-enslavement: Dr. Douglas Blackmon, University of Virginia

Documents in brutal detail how the enslavement of black people survived the Civil War

www.pbs.org/tpt/slavery-by-another-name/home/

1919 White Terror in American Cities, Knoxville, TN: PBS Documentary

A chilling example of the multiple atrocities against black communities by white vigilantes in cities across the nation

www.pbs.org/video/knoxvilles-red-summer-the-riot-of-1919-onccid/

The Washington Post's Special Report on the Tulsa Race Massacre

In 1921, a White mob attacked the all-Black Tulsa neighborhood of Greenwood in one of the worst episodes of racial violence in U.S. history. The massacre left as many as 300 dead, 10,000 homeless and one of the country’s most affluent Black communities in ruins. Here is a look at what happened — and what was lost.

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