For our last Scholar Talk of the year, BRI Senior Teaching Fellow Tony Williams sits down with Foundation Professor of History at Arizona State University and Civil War and Reconstruction expert, Dr. Brooks Simpson, to discuss the tumultuous period of Reconstruction and how the country addressed African American rights after the Civil War. Simpson delves into the justice and injustice of the policies and laws of Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, and Congress. What successes were achieved by African Americans during Reconstruction? How were AfricanAmerican rights curtailed by white supremacist violence and legalized discrimination?

0:00 Intro
1:21 Civil War's Effect on Reconstruction
5:21 Proposals for Reconstruction
12:15 Civil Rights During Reconstruction
17:05 Threats to AfricanAmerican Civil Rights
21:30 Andrew Johnson's Impeachment
26:38 Ulysses S. Grant's Approach to Reconstruction
29:44 End of Reconstruction
33:47 Outro

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About Brooks Simpson:

Dr. Brooks Simpson is an ASU Foundation Professor of History at Arizona State University and is an expert in American political and military history as well as the American presidency, specializing in the era of the Civil War and Reconstruction. Simpson is the author of 15 books, including "America’s Civil War," "The Reconstruction Presidents," "Ulysses S. Grant: Triumph over Adversity, 18221865," and "Let Us Have Peace: Ulysses S. Grant and the Politics of War and Reconstruction, 18611868."

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Established in September 1999, the Bill of Rights Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization that works to engage, educate, and empower individuals with a passion for the freedom and opportunity that exist in a free society. The Institute develops educational resources and programs for a network of more than 50,000 educators and 70,000 students nationwide.

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