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Hidden History

The Diverse Democracy Before Jim Crow

Following up on yesterday’s newsletter, here’s a quick whiteboard that walks through a period of American history that far too few know: when a diverse democracy emerged in the South following the Civil War, only to be crushed over the coming decades by a fierce and brutal backlash that led to nearly a century of Jim Crow.

It’s a painful lesson on how democracy can be lost if it’s not defended.

Pepperspectives
Pepperspectives
Authors
David Pepper