American experience. Reconstruction, the second Civil War. Second interview with Clarence E. Walker, historian, University of California, Davis. 1 of 3 / [produced by WGBH].

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Walker, Clarence Earl, interviewee.

Smith, Llewellyn, director, producer.

WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877).

Freed persons--United States.

Freed persons.

Southern States--History--1865-1877.

Southern States.

United States--Politics and government--1865-1877.

United States.

United States--Race relations--19th century.

Genre:

Interviews.

Unedited footage.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (43 minutes)

Other Title:

Second interview with Clarence E. Walker, historian, University of California, Davis, 1 of 3

Reconstruction, the second Civil War

Place of Publication:

Boston, MA : WGBH Educational Foundation, 2017.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

In the tumultuous years after the Civil War (1863-77), America grappled with how to rebuild itself, how to successfully bring the South back into the Union and how to bring former slaves into the life of the country. Walker talks about expectations of freed slaves, failure of Sherman's General Order 15, freedmen wanted wives at home, Andrew Johnson out of step with his party and unwilling to do anything for blacks at the national level, black consumers undermining the notion of black dependence on whites, Northern anxiety about blacks moving north for work, Thirteenth amendment, radical republicans, suspicion of President Johnson, Fourteenth amendment, what is citizenship?, riots and southern intransigents.

Participant:

Clarence E. Walker, interviewee.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed September 12, 2017).

OCLC:

1009113432