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The late 19th- and early 20th-centuries were a time of joining in Tennessee. Civil war gave way to civic engagement, as thousands of benevolent societies and fraternal organizations formed and expanded across the country. Born from crisis, these community organizations became a part of the fabric of a newly reborn United States.
Aired: 01/29/18
Video has closed captioning.Extended Trailer | Soldier & Citizen | NPT
SOLDIER & CITIZEN is the latest installment of NPT's "The Citizenship Project.”
Trailer | Soldier & Citizen | The Citizenship Project | NPT
SOLDIER & CITIZEN is the latest installment of NPT's "The Citizenship Project.”
Streetcar Boycott | The Early Black Press | NPT
The 1896 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Plessy vs. Ferguson.
Trailer | The Early Black Press | Tennessee Voices Lifted
Tennessee Voices Lifted | The Early Black Press Promo
Ida B. Wells | The Early Black Press | NPT
Ida B. Wells was born a slave in 1862 in Holly Springs, Mississippi.
A Time of Joining | The Citizenship Project | NPT
NPT's original documentary about the benevolent societies that form after the Civil War.
The Early Black Press | Tennessee Voices Lifted | NPT
African Americans gained from the Civil War was the right to free expression.
First Black Statesmen | The Citizenship Project | NPT
The end of the Civil War, after ratification of the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments.
