Historian David Blight On The Significance Of Reconstruction

Reconstruction essentially ended the First American Republic and completely changed the course of the country going forward. Sam Seder and author David Blight discuss this.

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[andregordon]

Thank you for uploading "serious half" segments. This free education is incredibly important. MR is one of the best podcasts out there for that reason. Sam is really doing a public service

[direwolf]

Watched blights entire series of lectures on the war and read 2 of his books. This guy is awesome glad you had him on

[Backhand]

This was an amazing interview.

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[michel]

Right to work laws are in essence the right to fire laws. This gives a business the right to fire an employee without a valid reason.

[mikewhiskey]

Loved this episode. Understanding history is fundamental to making progress politically and socially. Including this makes this channel more valuable and enjoyable.

[badcarbon]

To those asking
Yale University courses on You tube is where you can watch his lectures.
Warning.
You will get hooked if your truly interested in the period.

[alex_roivas]

holy shit, I just watched a long as lecture series on the civil war by david blight, awesome to see him on the majority report!

[maesophia]

I love Blight and his revolutionary interpretation of the Civil War! His book Race and Reunion is a MUST read for progressives to understand the white counter revolution of politics & memory and it’s impact on American politics and race relations 👏

[AeBotts]

Liked & Shared .. thank you MR Crew!

[susim]

The concept of history is to help us understand why it is so important.

[darksoul]

Interesting. Definitely worth watching. 😎

[millerjoseph]

Our postal system would make Ben Franklin very proud!

[GordonFreemayne]

The 13th amendment abolished slavery EXCEPT under specific circumstances. That's a huge asterisk for BIPOC

[tawdryhepburn]

Great, thoughtful interview! But where’s the link to the lectures?

[tosca...]

Great interview. I thought it was "fun" Sam, if it tickles the brain to remember history it's automatically a good thing. Lots of perspectives to think on here.

[GermanLeftist]

How old is this interview? David Blight's article for Die Zeit about voter suppression was published in October and he still talks about it being published next week. Seriously, I understand publishing the interview segments on the weekends, days after they've been taped, maybe even a week or two but way over a month later? That's way too long.

[OstrichRidingCowboy]

Sam understands "zero-sum" until he's describing how much of his show is the show.

[matthewbarnard]

Am I the only one who thinks this guys sounds like Indiana Jones?

[EipsteinClyde]

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