Episode 620: W. E. B. Du Bois: Black Reconstruction in America (Part 5)
American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time)
English - January 04, 2024 11:14 - 32 minutes - 34.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsBooks Arts Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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We are in the meat of the book BLACK RECONSTRUCTION IN AMERICA by W. E. B. Du Bois. In these chapters, he looks into the revolution and counter revolution of property in Mississippi and Louisiana and then Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. We see how different demographic structures led to different reactions by the ruling planter class.