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The Reconstructionist Weekly: Voter Disenfranchisement and the SAVE Act

Much of The Reconstructionist focuses on Barrett Holmes Pitner’s theory of the American Cycle, which helps explain how and why America’s current…

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The Reconstructionist Weekly: The Lost Cause of the Confederacy & the Attacks on DEI

Much of The Reconstructionist focuses on Barrett Holmes Pitner’s theory of the American Cycle, which helps explain how and why America’s current…

Mar 31 •

The Life of James Rapier: A Forgotten Hero of Reconstruction

Rapier was a champion of civil rights and one of Alabama's first Black congressmen

Mar 20 •

A Civilization Without Empathy

The dire and accurate prognosis of Elon Musk

Mar 10 •

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The Reconstructionist Weekly: Chinese Exclusion Act & Trump's New Policies

Much of The Reconstructionist focuses on Barrett Holmes Pitner’s theory of the American Cycle which helps explain how and why America’s current…

Mar 3 •

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The Reconstructionist Weekly: The Freedman's Bureau and Education in America

Much of The Reconstructionist focuses on Barrett Holmes Pitner’s theory of the American Cycle which helps explain how and why America’s current…

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Reconstructionism & the Democracy to Come

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Reconstructionism: Rediscovering the Philosophy of Reconstruction

In 1891, more than 25 years after the conclusion of the Civil War, Missouri Senator George Graham Vest, a former congressman for the Confederacy and…

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The Fifteenth Amendment Personified

As Mississippi's first Black Senator, Hiram Revels represented the new freedoms of Reconstruction.

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