Episode 21: Reconstruction Radicals

Apr 02, 2026

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What was Reconstruction, and why was it so radical in South Carolina? Historian Dr. Robert Greene II joins us to discuss the revolutionary expansion of democracy and civil rights that followed the Civil War, how it ended, and how we might pursue a new Reconstruction today.

Check out Dr. Greene’s podcast Our New South and his work with the Modjeska Simkins School. Find him on Instagramand Threads @robgreene86, or on Twitter @robgreeneii