104: Reconstruction with Dr. Meredith May
Episode 4 of the Something True podcast, hosted by Querida Duncalfe, titled "104: Reconstruction with Dr. Meredith May" was published on November 22, 2021 and runs 56 minutes.
November 22, 2021 ·56m · Something True
Summary
Today, I sit down for a frank conversation about Reconstruction with a historian, my friend Dr. Meredith May. With the insurrection from January still making news as various participants face trials, and with Thanksgiving upon us with its complicated history, this is a timely conversation. How, after all, can we make sense of the present or the future without looking first to the past to try and better understand it. Let America Be America Again by Langston Hughes Gregg County Historical Museum: Longview, TX East Texas Alzheimer's Alliance | Live Local, Give Local 1919 Longview Remembrance Project Civil Rights in Black and Brown Histories of Resistance and Struggle in Texas Edited by Max Krochmal and J.Todd Moye About the UDC and the Lost Cause Read Querida's blog post about Reconstruction Connect with Querida online
Episode Description
Today, I sit down for a frank conversation about Reconstruction with a historian, my friend Dr. Meredith May. With the insurrection from January still making news as various participants face trials, and with Thanksgiving upon us with its complicated history, this is a timely conversation. How, after all, can we make sense of the present or the future without looking first to the past to try and better understand it.
Let America Be America Again by Langston Hughes
Gregg County Historical Museum: Longview, TX
East Texas Alzheimer's Alliance | Live Local, Give Local
1919 Longview Remembrance Project
About the UDC and the Lost Cause
Read Querida's blog post about Reconstruction
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