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- PBS
- Apr 9, 2019
- PBS
- Apr 9, 2019
Summary The four-hour documentary about Reconstruction after the Civil War hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr.
- PBS
- Apr 9, 2019
- PBS
- Apr 9, 2019
Season Premiere: Apr 9, 2019
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Universal Acclaim
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Summary The four-hour documentary about Reconstruction after the Civil War hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr.
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 4 Critic Reviews
91
100% Positive
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0% Mixed
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A remarkable tour of a terrible part of our history that makes the case--a compelling one--that this history isn’t entirely in the past at all.
The series traces, in vivid detail, the struggle to aid black progress in this period and its powerful opposition. ... A rich four hours, including the birth and purpose of the Ku Klux Klan, the way in which black Americans responded, and without anything resembling a dull moment.
Gates’s series is a great service, especially in its first two hours. ... The series’s second two hours — which cover subjects like the Jim Crow system, the Ku Klux Klan, W.E.B. DuBois, the creation of the N.A.A.C.P. and the ascendance of black popular culture — are engrossing but less urgent.
Despite a somewhat tedious pace, much of Reconstruction: America After The Civil War is revelatory.
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Generally Favorable
Based on 7 User Ratings
7.4
71% Positive
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5 Ratings
14% Mixed
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