First there were the Pilgrims, then there was the Civil War. After MLK ended segregation, racism disappeared from the country. If the Standard American History Myth that we've all been taught is incorrect When was the last slave freed in America?

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Books
Slavery by Another Name: The ReEnslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II (2010)
Douglas A. Blackmon
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Documentaries
Slavery by Another Name (2012) https://www.pbs.org/video/slaveryano...
The Long Shadow (2017) https://www.kanopy.com/video/longshadow
Reconstruction: The Second Civil War (2004) https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexpe...
13th (2016) https://www.netflix.com/browse?jbv=80...'>https://www.netflix.com/browse?jbv=80...
Amend: The Fight for America (2021) https://www.netflix.com/browse?jbv=80...'>https://www.netflix.com/browse?jbv=80...
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross (2013) https://www.kanopy.com/video/african...

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Leo & Layla's History Adventures with Frederick Douglass    • Leo & Layla's History Adventures with...  
Frederick Douglass: From Slave to Statesman    • Frederick Douglass: From Slave to Sta...  
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0:00 Introduction
2:11 The Standard American History Myth
8:57 America’s Founding
17:29 Abolition
23:53 Civil War
32:29 Reconstruction
36:09 Black Codes
40:14 Convict Leasing
45:58 Debt Peonage
57:00 Jim Crow
1:06:26 Involuntary Servitude
1:11:26 Conclusion


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