The next film discussion in our ongoing Gather@Grand film series is Monday, November 28, 2022, when we will discuss PBS's "Reconstruction: America After the Civil War." REGISTER Henry Louis Gates, Jr. presents the definitive history of the transformative years following the American Civil War when the nation struggled to rebuild itself amidst profound loss, massive
Mick Chantler, Instructor Register for Session Four: Black Americans and Reconstruction Thursday, December 15 (note change of day) 10:30-noon The idealism engendered by the Abolitionist movement during the Civil War era did not survive the period of Reconstruction. By the 1880s, most Americans wanted to forget “the late unpleasantries” and move on with the business
REGISTER January 30, 2023 7 pm via Zoom The movie under discussion will be Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten: A Centennial Exploration of the 1921 Race Massacre. (90 minutes) for rent on Prime and PBS passport. A Centennial Exploration of the 1921 Race Massacre: Although rarely mentioned in textbooks, there is no question that
