EPISODE · May 8, 2026 · 43 MIN
Episode 535: I won't be Reconstructed...
from Western Civ · host Adam Walsh
The era we call Reconstruction is one of the most hopeful, and ultimately, heartbreaking of American history. The passage of the Reconstruction Amendments provided legal rights to thousands of people. But the bargain of 1877 and the corruption of the Gilded Age ultimately prove too much weight for the promise of equality to bear. Western Civ 2.0
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