Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War (2019) is a documentary with 1 season created by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., rated 7.0/10.

Explore the transformative years following the American Civil War, when the nation struggled to rebuild itself in the face of profound loss, massive destruction, and revolutionary social change. The twelve years that composed the post-war Reconstruction era (1865-77) witnessed a seismic shift in the meaning and makeup of our democracy.