The story of Reconstruction

[@deedeewinfrey3181]

I'm very fortunate to have had a great father who told me dozens of stories like this. If people new the true American history, they would be amazed.He was Native American..Miss you Daddy. 🌎

[@deanjones2525]

You are among the fortunate few. If we want to raise God-fearing and truly wise children, we need to abandon the public school system of indoctrination and to opt for a home-school curriculum that truly educates our children beyond the brain-washing standard currently on offer. We must see the bigger picture and forfeit the lies that have hijacked the honorable role of "true" mothering and vested it in the State in the form of institutionalized instruction whose sole purpose is to perpetuate the LIE.

[@asrieldreemurr1988]

@@deanjones2525 god fearing and truly wise?

[@higg6571]

Sherman will never be forgiven here in the south. He burned down our cities and our homes and put us in poverty. People don’t understand this but the civil war wasn’t comepletly about slavery. It was about southern states losing say in Washington DC. Also we technically didn’t start the war bc the union attacked us when we tried to peacefully leave.

[@higg6571]

Also Robert e lee who was our leading general didn’t support slavery

[@HyukasFavPisces]

@@higg6571 nah das cap I be lovin my mans sherman he funny asffffff

[@motalove1968]

Black History is American History spread the word! #BlackHistoryIsNotAMyth

[@angelaroberts2882]

Yup been saying this for years🤷🏽‍♀️

[@kkmichelle314]

💯💯💯💯 Please go watch 1804 on KZbin Tariq Rasheed, just as deep as hidden colors if not deeper. You'll def see there's no changes from then & now...

[@johnnypinestead7879]

Who didn't think that?

[@zeniththetoaster9712]

who cares?

[@thestaintoblame1644]

no, i dont think i will

[@kendretripp3766]

I work with one of Robert Smalls' great- great granddaughters. She shared this info about him during Black History Month at our job back in Feb. What a rich & amazing history! As a Southern, Black woman born & raised I'm very proud of my heritage, of our people as whole. Yet I'm still confused about why Black folks still must fight extremely hard for our basic human rights. To be hated, misrepresented & mistreated because of the color of our skin = to be Black in America. 😢

[@gambit1357]

Confusion is key to the practice of racism.

[@MYODB-ov9bb]

Because we are not African and this is our land.

[@Melons-vg8dq]

Because there is a lot of unfinished business$$ and perpetual anger over it. Immigrants feel they are not responsible, but old debts must be repaid

[@jvillalaz44]

Wow. I need to study this part of American history. I was never taught this. Now I want to know more. By far one of the best pieces of history. Thank you for making this video Sunday Morning.

[@boppob1343]

Incredible piece CBS, thank you

[@saminaneen]

@dansaniis, incredible lies, from CBS,. You are the reason CBS, is even around, you poor, dumbed down, lunatic , far left wing, violent extremist.

[@godofthisshit]

@Cerebro Brother What you bitching about?

[@willd6438]

Revisionist history and propaganda are nothing to glorify. CBS magnified racial problems with this propaganda. As various people have shown in this message thread, it's racial confirmation bias at its worst.

[@willd6438]

@S H I draw my views from the same sources that any decent historian would use. The distinction between myself and the revisionist crowd is that I don't ignore inconvenient truths. Instead, I put ALL of the historical cards on the table. That's how history should be examined. Otherwise, one learns nothing from it.

[@brucekuehn4031]

@@willd6438 Where is your problem? The truth is that former slaves were elected into government positions. Then the white people of the South who couldn’t accept the changes in the old hierarchy did all they could to put the former slaves “back in their place”.

[@michellesmith4975]

SO So Good! An Amazing piece of history that far too little know about including ME! Thanks Dr. Gates & CBS for this!

[@marcuscicero7169]

I have so much Respect for all the Old Black People that still lives Today cause what all they been through from the pass.

[@omargoodnesssake]

And so people that I work with, stand in line to vote with, people that interview me for jobs, cops, politicians, believe all the false negative things that American history has taught them about black Americans.

[@neilmarshall5087]

And all the false positive things about the govt. Never forget that major & ongoing rewrite of truth.

[@brucekuehn4031]

Many, many people didn’t pay attention in History class. Most remember maybe a couple of things and forgot the rest. If you watch the “man on the street” segments on TV where questions are asked of supposedly educated people, it’s frightening! The truth is, most people are concerned about right now and the immediate future. They don’t really dwell much on the past. Those people you see everyday - every single person is completely different. If they are white, they’re not all the same. Black - not all the same, Asian - not all the same. What all of us have to do is move forward in an integrated society where we work, play, and live together in happiness and peace.

[@lauraz2896]

I love Henry Louis Gates work.

[@tammanthashaw5141]

Me too, he does really good research history

[@daimonmarioperez9501]

Any accomplishments made by African-Americans after slavery were, taken down ,rewritten in books and retaught in schools that.the Reconstruction era was a failure, for African Americans and the United States as a whole. I have always felt that in the schools there should be two books taught for history. One with white American History. and one with African American history. History focuses too much on the slavery era. It should focus more on the accomplishments of African Americans that came after slavery was abolished. The Confederates lost the civil war, But they rewrote history....

[@polisigh216]

Daimon Mario Perez but if they wrote the truth about reconstruction whites would have to reckon with the unyielding white supremacy that fought African American progress every step of the way.

[@daimonmarioperez9501]

@@polisigh216 you are absolutely right,...

[@willd6438]

The confederacy rewrote the country's history books? Seriously???!!! How do you suppose that could have happened after its infrastructure was destroyed and it was oppressed by Union forces over decades. Based on actual post-Civil War history in the U.S., that opinion is completely unfounded. U.S. history books have definitely been compromised, but it is with a distinct Union version of events rather than a Confederate one.

[@daimonmarioperez9501]

@@willd6438 The socialites, women with influence. That's how

[@godofthisshit]

@Will D Why is there far more statues of men who fought to enslave Black Americans verse the statues of the first Black elected officials? Why the south didn’t build monuments to the latter?

[@YouGotOptions2]

You guys should read The half thats never been told. It goes into detail about how the economy that slavery as an institution produced was worth more than EVERY OTHER INDUSTRY IN THE COUNTRY COMBINED. How Jp morgan chase banks would issue property insurance policies on our enslaved ancestors, how the economy OF THE NORTH was upheld by it too.

[@alwaysincentivestrumpethic6689]

Amazing crazy story !!! I didn't know all this !!! The American educational system makes me cry

[@lagaman11]

I was taught that reconstruction was attempted, but it didn't really work very well. That's the jest of what I was taught in American History class. None of these men's names were mentioned. America has got to grow up and move past its racism. People are people, regardless the color of their skin, of the circumstances they are born into.

[@disunityholychaos7523]

Quarantine learning, Our online class showed this as part of American history topic on reconstruction & civil war.

[@tyoungjjr]

WOW!!!! This was educational, informative & brutally honetly!

[@emjay2045]

👏🏽😎

[@glocktaviousbrown5420]

I am currently studying the Stock and currency markets and I have always equated all systems to each other in one way or another ... And on the stock charts when a stock or currency is trending a break out has to form once a stock has either been overbought and oversold and this break outs signals a new trend is on the horizon.. What Mr Smalls did was created a break out and changed the trend... That takes so much courage and people that break free from what's expected is amazing..

[@captaineveryman6589]

Tell me why Robert Smalls' story has never been made into a movie? It's weird that it hasn't.

[@nonabliss]

This video makes me sad. Although it shows that African Americans made huge strides by getting elected into gov't and being able to vote, over 150 years later it is still a struggle. We are still having our voting rights stripped from us through corrupt gerrymandering and voting restrictions which is the new version of Jim Crow. It is not as blatantly racist, but it is still just as egregious.

[@cbridges1202]

Compliments of the work ADOS is putting in.

[@reggiehill2917]

ADOS is not for melanated Americans. They are trying to the us to Africa therefore relinquishing our claim to this land. Have you been paying attention to Australia? Henry Gates, ADOS, and many others that seemingly have good intentions are working hard to brainwash you away from your heritage....

[@clearvizionmedia1151]

Turquoise Purple Sky I don’t think so.

[@clearvizionmedia1151]

This is our land. Always have been. Native Americans are Black People.

[@AmandaFromWisconsin]

@@clearvizionmedia1151 Making the claim that Native Americans aren't indigenous to this country is a slap in the face to those people.

[@clearvizionmedia1151]

Amanda From Wisconsin My comment did not say that. I said Native American people are Black People, Original People and this land is ours. “Ours” includes them emphatically so. I would never slap my people in the face. This is the truth. First time you heard it. What do you think Native Americans are? Copper colored people, Indigenous to this land.

[@lvteachme973]

Don't depend on the oppressor to educate our people.

[@chalenahutcherson8521]

lmao!!

[@lalaorange5398]

My teacher is making us watch this, so here I am

[@FrannieMC69]

The lies. The lies. Make America what again? GTOH....

[@semiramisbonaparte1627]

sorry your reality was less fortunate.

[@lmmayberry3703]

Make Amerikkka Hate Again !!

[@indio81031]

It's Gonna take a Long Time to Heal this Country

[@emjay2045]

☝🏽

[@capoislamort100]

It’s not gonna be healed by holding hands with white people and not hold them accountable.

[@franciscoo7478]

Gotta love Mo Rocca

[@anthonypeterson5618]

History depends on where one hears it. I was taught Reconstruction was repealed after Lincoln's death.

[@tminus543]

This is a part of American History and yet I’ve never heard of them.

[@sunnydrake1672]

besuase they were republicans. the dems don't want you to know that

[@leelohaskin7941]

@@sunnydrake1672 you mean BLACK Republicans who.really aren't the same as today?? Hmm...

[@saminaneen]

@Thee Black Dumb Ant,,,That's because you were raised & attended government FEMA faculties, that you called public schools. You were not taught to think & question, but to obey you're Masters. You are more stupid and uneducated, more than you will ever know. You are the result of Democrap, dumbed down, non-progressive, lunatic, liberal burnouts idea of brainwashing.

[@tminus543]

@@sunnydrake1672 If republicans really wanted African Americans to know about this part American history then they would talk about it more so obviously politics have a lot to do with them not doing it.

[@sunnydrake1672]

Thee Black Ant what are you talking about bro? They talk about it all the time. You just ain’t watching conservative news channels to know about it obviously which essentially boils down to Fox News and KZbin channels. Every single other news channel doesn’t report on that. CNN msnbc cspan all of them. You watch Republicans or even google it you lying if you say that haven’t talked about it for YEARS and years

[@twyncolen4124]

I would like to have that picture on my wall in my library

[@sonofaman6295]

Time and time again this country has proved that this is not *our* rest.

[@djdigital3806]

We need another reconstruction.

[@willd6438]

If it's anything like the last Radical Reconstruction this CBS piece touches on, it will only result in even worse race relations than we have now. No thanks! There are far better and more effective ways to address racial strife and economic inequality in the country. Case in point, would you be open to surrendering your property and money to serve the needs of others who are less fortunate? Most would not, regardless of race. That's what you are asking for there by wishing for another reconstruction.

[@timothymoore6341]

We need an insurrection!

[@higg6571]

You don’t understand what this did to southerners dude. My family has been in Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina since we were colonies and our family really struggled during reconstruction. Sherman had already burned down major cities like Columbia and we then lost our food and rights.

[@jessehowell-t2m]

@@willd6438The only way to fix this country is to end Systemic Racism, which includes dismantling the Black Codes which is also part of White Supremacy. That’s the only way to bring equality to this country for the first time.

[@jessehowell-t2m]

@@higg6571That’s the South’s fault my friend. The South wanted to extend Slavery and invade DC to permanently separate from the Union and keep their Slaves.

[@tonysteel1377]

If it weren’t for the slavers, the profound consciousness of racism between Black and White, would not exist. How could any so-called merciful deity sit idle and gaze upon such human atrocities. What is the real meaning of life?!

[@greatestshopper1077]

Tony Steel Don’t worry, this revelation was the work of Jesus. It’s been 400 years and GOD is revealing...

[@neetrab]

Tony, it was a curse in the bible, they say.

[@bt6079]

Put a movie together!

[@boox130]

Reparations now

[@Noah-Myia]

This is amazing! I really wish there were more stories like this, people NEED to know and not just stereotype one another.

[@GearsinMotionGraphics]

ADOS IN THIS 21 CENTURY, THE TIME IS DUE

[@cleanwaternasenyiuganda8124]

Lawrence Otis Graham is on my reading list for sure! 😍

[@buckeyewill2166]

Reconstruction was crushed because the Right wing in that period was opposed to democratization

[@victornewman06]

You're absolutely right.

[@chainsawmack]

6:36 What I was taught in Florida high school in 2004 3:47 What I was taught in college in 2008 15 years later a Florida Governor who went through same colleges and high schools I did (and same age) is putting forth bills to block books about this time period. Wow.

[@kllwc7772]

Fascinating and and a deeply informative post 🤭😍😍🙌🏾

[@khalifahmuhammad1574]

Rutherford-Hayes Compromise was struck on February 26, 1877. This was the exact date that Master Fard Muhammad, the Patriarch of the Nation of Islam and Teacher of the Hon Elijah Muhammad. The Hon Elijah Muhammad would teach Min Malcolm X and the Hon Min Louis Farrakhan.

[@Sunshine-bh8ki]

I never new that.

[@TheZenGarden_]

Deuteronomy 28:15-68

[@australian.2722]

So basically we need to throw the entire history, that we were taught, IN THE TRASH! 😭😷😷😬 AMERICA THE SHREWD..

[@pokesportxyz5191]

schools are being taught this video though

[@lyfeofbill2764]

I actually had a teacher (white) that went into great detail about this period in our class. He said the problem with reconstruction is that it worked too good and that southern and northern whites didn't like black people having all of this new found power. People forget that black people were the only skilled labor force the the majority of the country and white people could no longer capitalize off of that. Black people actually owned more land back in reconstruction than we do now.

[@AmandaFromWisconsin]

@@lyfeofbill2764 The only skilled labor force?

[@DABIGDAWG001]

@@pokesportxyz5191 Almost a dozen states don't even require in their standards that their teachers teach slavery. This information isn't being shared the way you think it is.

[@wpl6661]

The failure to continue reconstruction and the falling back into segregation, destroyed progress in America for 90 years. The south was especially held back by segregation. It's only been 50+ years since segregation ended and with it progress began to happen in the South. All the major development in the south happened since then. All the manufacturing jobs and financial and technical jobs that came to the south came after the end of segregation. The real damage done though was to the psyche of southerners and others who grew up in a country with segregation for those 90 years. The horrific advancement of the Lost Cause brainwashing of southerners in regards to the Civil War has held back our country. Even today many people hold false views in regards to the Civil War and the period of segregation. By allowing the south to come back without any accountability or enforcement of the 14th amendment for 90 years, we created generations of bigots and racists. Ignorance about the Civil War and the damage it did. Andrew Johnson's pardoning of Civil War veterans from their crime of treason is hidden from view. These statues to those traitors put up in the public square during segregation are finally coming down but some people view that as trying to deny history. No. It isn't. It's putting history back in its place. Treason. Destruction. Hundreds of thousands of deaths. The Civil War wasn't a friendly fight between brothers. It was a battle for the soul of a nation. Its outcome decided our future. Without the defeat of the treason of the Confederacy there would be no United States of America as we know it. That has to be recognized. Why it occurred must be understood accurately. Because of that we need a reeducation of southerners. Of confederate flag waving numskulls. To finally once and for all end that war and to create a country of full equality and freedom. A country of progress. And the first step needs to be ridding ourselves of the false king in the White House. To end this red hat wearing nightmare. To knock some sense into those who think bigotry and racism is acceptable in our country at this time. It is not. It is not. And those that waved that flag of bigotry 150+ years ago were not heroes. They were wrong. And they did damage to this country.

[@djcj101]

The north too, with its redlining

[@edwebb5467]

Yes. Those democrats were really fired up to thwart reconstruction.

[@Melons-vg8dq]

Lincoln wanted to separate the races for their own protection with plenty of real estate for the blacks

[@abbieamavi]

this was an informative video, it would be an incredible movie. Absolutely amazing gentleman, extreme bravery!

[@cooper482011]

Unfortunately, the 1877 Republican-Democrat Compromise brought Reconstruction to an end. The Compromise opened the doors of Jim Crow. Smh

[@Candy173828]

Michael Cooper unbelievable!!!

[@dritemolawzbks8574]

[ 4:10 ] Am I the only one who noticed Donald Trump and Herman Cain? Was this when America was great?

[@christianmassey214]

And this is one of the reasons why America needs to pay reparations to ADOS. Only a racist would have a problem.

[@frankbridges2171]

Life was brutal for blacks back then lynchings whippings being burned alive but America always try to sweep this part of history under the rug

[@lisabullock7461]

WoW how things are twisted.....

[@semiramisbonaparte1627]

my family has many stories as well and we were always "freemen" never enslaved...in fact some owned slaves themselves and were some of the largest landowners this side of the Mississippi....but you'll never hear that though

[@lovestorymobilewinery7222]

Was your family creole

[@lovestorymobilewinery7222]

Can you share some of your family history

[@semiramisbonaparte1627]

@@lovestorymobilewinery7222 yes we're Creole!

[@lovestorymobilewinery7222]

What was your family name. Mines was the motyre ,traveign families in Louisiana

[@semiramisbonaparte1627]

@@lovestorymobilewinery7222 me we're Metoyer/Rideau/Leblanc. Godeau as well. What parish?

[@knicksprop]

This is such a great and amazing program

[@lisab.7379]

WOW!! Great information

[@bt6079]

Challenge the false narrative!

[@LordGreystoke]

If Lincoln had not been assassinated, reconstruction would not have ended as soon as it did. Reconstruct required a good 30 years with military stationed in the South to help further integrate African Americans and with federal laws that actually served African Americans to buy land and become entrepreneurial. It’s a tragedy it ended so prematurely.

[@chrissystewart6268]

I love black history my goal learn the ones my teachers never taught me. I learned about Black history when I was in the 3rd back in the early 00s. So my goal study about black history write plays about black history which is very important

[@LikeLegitness]

The only thing I got from this video is that dependent on how certain topics are viewed currently, is how people (mostly children) are taught. That's highly disturbing. You can't censor or skew facts.

[@pistolpete651]

Why at the 1:50 mark, do they show the Rebel States as Red States ? When it was the other way around.

[@willmont8258]

Because CBS doesn't want to admit that the Republicans were the ones who freed the slaves and made it possible for those first black members of Congress to be elected, all of whom were Republicans.

[@cynthiaking1042]

You are absolutely correct sir these people were Americans, the Aboriginal, copper colored people found here by the Europeans... this is an injustice done to a people that needs correction...We are the Desendants of these people asking for reparations...ADOS....

[@MosehMouacheupao]

any body here for school?

[@supajoc4352]

I despise that word African American. I'm not African I'm a black American

[@MrRiveraRosa]

Those black brothers were heroes. They created the first interracial democracy.

[@walimvoiceoverartist]

I find it funny that Eric Foner stated that the slaves were sophisticated because they had been living in American society. SMH. True historians know that civilization, art, and culture, including earths best natural resources all come from Africa. Dehumanizing people gives the world the perception that's it's ok to take whatever, and whomever you want.

[@andrewjackson7435]

Sooo sad ...vengeance is mine said ......Jehovah,......we alllll rep what we sow

[@u.s.blackholocaustsurvivor3444]

now it's time to cut the check... or God will continue to judge this country... #ADOS #Tangibles2020

[@YouGotOptions2]

This is why true history needs to be told then maybe people will kind of understand exactly why america owes ADOS. Not "black people" but ADOS reparations.

[@johnctatum3999]

You're killing me, Smalls!

[@jamaalshelton6793]

No shade but I'm shocked people didn't know this. I did. Wikipedia is actually a GREAT SOURCE. Mr. Robert Smalls also has the distinction of introducing the first bill ever to make schools a PUBLIC entity paid for by public tax dollars. He introduced this bill in the S.C. legislature. He is partly responsible for what we Known know as Public Schools

[@whateverman2674]

the reconstruction period was a harsh one. A LOT of african americans served in congress. President Lyndon Johnson said, ''we are not going back to the reconstruction period.'' It was really bad you guys. They didn't know what they were doing.

[@johnsmith-so5do]

I read a terrible story of many former slaves who starved to death during this time as well...

[@fustigate314159]

For more about Robert Smalls' military actions during the Civil War, check out History Guy's video on Smalls: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2WtoqNph6qqqNk

[@legend_snipezztsm5783]

Who’s here because of school?? Corona time

[@ec6992]

Please add captions. Thanks.

[@denise3422]

A movie should be made of these first black congressmen unstead of rehashing the same old stories we already know about. WS doesn't want to acknowledge these very courageous men because it defiles they notion of superiority.

[@lifendeathchzlife5159]

Let's make America Great Again for all people, and let's not tolerate treason in any shape, form or fashion. I want a Robert smalls T-shirt now!!! I 1st learned of him years ago on the documentary "Slavery And The Making Of America", He's one of my greatest hero's.

[@lifendeathchzlife5159]

Do your research rapper T.I !!! Let's also band rap music altogether, it has polluted my people.

[@jackiestokes2179]

Some are attempting a repeat of some aspects of this history.

[@lorrainewhite8080]

Read it long ago. But still amazing

[@UhuruFrontier]

South Carolina overthrew it's own Congress.

[@russellstone6390]

Also, Google "Israel Hill"

[@86jpw]

Why are the northern states blue while the southern are red? The north was red and the south was blue. Why change the colors? Since everyone knows what those colors means politically.

[@CJ87317]

Well, it's not entirely true to say the GOP now was the Democratic Party then and vice versa. Republicans were still the big business party then, and the Democrats were the party that tried to appeal to the "common man." On race they've switched, but it's tough to say on everything they have.

[@86jpw]

@@CJ87317 if you read papers and listen to speeches. They haven't switched on race. The left still treats other races like they are beneath whites. ( They treat them like children and tell them they cant fight for themselves so they will.) While republicans tell people to work together and better themselves.

[@CJ87317]

Well, it's not a 1-1 correlation is it? They don't argue that other races are less than white, they argument is they're treated as second class citizens. Huge difference. Whether you believe that or not is up to everyone individually, but it's not the same as actually holding people down. Republicans likewise have changed over time in regard to race. I mean they were the Party that originally argued for things like what we'd call Affirmative Action in Reconstruction and now you'd be hard pressed to find a Republican who believes in it.

[@86jpw]

@@CJ87317But republicans don't treat people bad based on race. The left does that. There are videos all over the net of the left attacking people because of race and if non whites don't go along with it. They attack them to.

[@CJ87317]

I'd argue that plenty of Republicans attack people based on race. I have some of them in my own family. I don't believe all Republicans are racist, but it's definitely the party they tend to gravitate toward.

[@kahgritty5643]

Hiram Revels is my blood ancestor.

[@no-qf4qb]

I h8 skool

[@happylilchannel7622]

okay, this video is wow. but also, is that the lady from that one vine???????????

[@brucekuehn4031]

Had Abraham Lincoln lived? We will never know, but the mistakes made during Reconstruction were horrible for taking an opportunity and completely blowing it. If only …

[@purpleglitter9596]

I forgot to watch the second half of the documentary on PBS. Does anyone know where to find it.

[@lisathompson153]

Amazing

[@camque3353]

we watching in history class

[@carolinekim7424]

same

[@MarcusLeepapi]

Very very nice......

[@cliffordhayes9201]

If you noticed, everyone one of those “black” congressmen were biracial. Everyone

[@yahya4370]

You can’t assume they were all biracial. Black ppl come all shades without being mixed.

[@captaineveryman6589]

No, they were not.

[@SandfordSmythe]

The Master got first dibs on the pretty slaves.

[@debbieboring3422]

I always knew there were many black men who were elected to congress after the war. But I didn't know about the Hayes thing. One of the reason I knew what I did was do to my parents telling the 4 of us children.

[@Clyde.artwork]

I'd say this was less about "reconstruction" and more about "postwar black integration".

[@opensprings]

It was part of an attempt to 're-construct' the south in the light of the constitution after slavery (all men are created equal etc.)

[@danielparker5631]

That was the time when Exslaves should have been Sticking together more .

[@chalenahutcherson8521]

Some of Youse, didn't have Dad's who had You read the Britannica encyclopedia as a child,and it shows. Relying on teachers to educate Your children still .

[@debbiecooper1677]

I know this will sound dumb to some people but why cant we all just get along. my family is jews look how they where treated the native Americans and black . just because we are all not the same, that what makes it wonderful because we arent

[@deangelomains5051]

Debbie Cooper you way off track in your understanding of real history

[@justice2011]

Debbie Cooper why don't you have that same attitude towards your holocaust? American Descendant of SLAVES Suffered and still Suffering in the Racist world. OUR HOLOCAUST STILL CONTINUE TO THIS VERY DAY. WHEN AMERICA TRULY GIVE THE ADOS OURFREEDOM AND OUR REPARATIONS, AND MAKE US A PROTECTIVE CITIZENS LIKE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO, THEN MAYBE WE CAN ALL JUST GET ALONG.

[@shamarawilliams1190]

Movie please !!!!!

[@deborahjcummings3920]

Our country's greatest on full display!! If we can do this at such a critical & volatile time in history we can & will survive trump!! I purposely spelled his name in lower case!

[@akittenplays4104]

Love all the new voting restrictions we got this year. It's 2021.....

[@christopherbrownmaaga4668]

Robert Smalls

[@jc22358]

How sad that the current zeitgeist is eagerly trying to suppress this and the aftermath.

[@larry1824]

Mess that's led to resentment strife and violence

[@jasonharris836]

I remember being the only black kid in my class and when they taught about slavery, Reconstruction, and the Civil Rights Movement with MLK/Rosa Parks kids would turn around and look at me. HAHA.

[@dritemolawzbks8574]

In the early 1990s, I went to a mostly White elementary school in the Irving, TX, with the best teacher ever. She had her four Black students prepared and well-researched to do a class presentation on the contributions of Black soldiers, who fought and died during the Civil War, and how Reconstruction led to the Thirteenth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, Civil Right Acts, Voting Rights Acts, and the _Brown_ v. _Board_ _of_ _Education_ decision. How a fourth grader is supposed to know what the Supreme Court does, who knows? She said she'd like to hear what we've practice, so far. We tried to be lazy, fudge a few facts, and just wing it. I even made joke about _Juneteenth_ because I never heard of it. She was livid, turned red, and was having trouble breathing and talking. She kept us after class; and started crying saying she never imagined we'd disrespect our own ancestors in front of classmates. She called all our parents and even the school counselor (Maybe to see if I was crazy?) to tell them we weren't taking it serious, and she was going to have to give us an [ F ]. They got us in order because she wasn't going to allow us to present something that was substandard, racially offensive, and disrespectful since we weren't taking seriously and I joked about _Juneteeth._ Long-story short, we got our crap together, and got an [ B+ ]. Before we perfected it, she was going to do the Reconstruction presentation herself and tell the Black story like she did as an elementary student. They just don't make teachers like that anymore.