NOTE: if you missed class on Friday, you need to make up this 30-minute excerpt from The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross.

Be prepared to work on this project during Monday's class.

In preparation for our next assessment, please read Chapter 15: "Reconstruction and the New South". Feel free to skip pp. 366-368 (but not "The Abandonment of Reconstruction"). Start with the question: what were the major issues the USA (especially the South) had to grapple with immediately following the war?

Below are some slides that relate to the reading. Please bring your questions regarding either source to class.

How monolithic were the abolitionists? How does this video answer that question and how can you relate this movement to today?

For Friday's class: