Freedom Still Awaits
A century and a half after Reconstruction, fights over voter suppression and police brutality reveal that it remains an unfinished project.
What If Reconstruction Hadn’t Failed?
The pervasiveness of white-supremacist ideology in academia gave license to Jim Crow efforts for decades after the Civil War.
A New Window for Racial Justice
Efforts to achieve equality have fallen flat for 150 years, but celebrating the Second Founding—and scrutinizing messy understandings of history—could create genuine opportunities.
Slavery Did Not Die Honestly
A century and a half after the Civil War, the process of Reconstruction remains contested—and incomplete.
America’s Unfinished Second Founding
A century and a half after the passage of the Reconstruction Amendments, public debate still revolves around the rights they guarantee.