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    Explore Reconstruction's complex legacy as America attempted to rebuild after the Civil War—a period of unprecedented possibility for freed slaves that ultimately fell short, leaving patterns of inequality that continue to shape our nation today.

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    Reconstruction was both incredibly progressive and tragically incomplete at the same time. It was a glimpse of what was possible during those ten years, and then it was deliberately destroyed.

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