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April 22, 2014 Last Aired September 14, 2014
Reconstruction and Civil Rights Eras

Melvin Ely compared the participants, tactics, and lasting changes of the Reconstruction and Civil Rights eras. He spoke about many similarities and differences between the post-Civil War So…
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September 21, 2006 Last Aired March 25, 2007
Israel on the Appomattox

Professor Ely talked about his book, Israel on the Appomattox: A Southern Experiment in Black Freedom from the 1790s Through the Civil War, published by Vintage. In 1796 Thomas Jefferson’s c…
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October 9, 2004 Last Aired March 20, 2005
Israel on the Appomattox: Experiment in Black Freedom

Author Melvin Patrick Ely talked about his book Israel on the Appomattox: A Southern Experiment in Black Freedom from the 1790s Through the Civil War, published by Knopf. When Thomas Jeffers…
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