Reconstruction: The Unfinished Promise
6/18/202650 min
Sharing Malcolm’s latest project, a podcast called Reconstruction: The Unfinished Promise.
Imagine a time when the United States was split in two. And then had to put itself back together. It was a time of chaos and sometimes violence as millions of people fought for the right to become citizens. Americans struggled over questions like: who gets to be a citizen? Who has the right to vote? To own property? In short, who belongs? This was Reconstruction…the era following the Civil War. When Americans ended slavery and expanded voting rights. But none of this was easy. Many people consider the promise of Reconstruction unfulfilled. Why?
In this episode, journalist Kai Wright shares the story of the legendary abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass and how he navigated a world without Abraham Lincoln. Find Reconstruction: The Unfinished Promise on Audible or wherever you get podcasts.
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Jacob Goldstein0:46
Hey, it's Jacob Goldstein from Business History. In our new series, American Genius, we tell the stories of three great writers who changed the way business works in America. Our first episode is about Benjamin Franklin, who among many other things, was a best selling business writer. Take a listen. He's writing this much later in his life, consciously creating this image of himself. And I do wanna emphasize how unusual this model is at the time, this self made man myth, because you don't wanna be self made. It's low class to be self made. You know, this idea that we have today is the opposite. Right? And it comes from