Gilder-Jordan Lecture in Southern Cultural History
The Devil Was Turned Loose: African Americans in the War against Reconstruction
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Description
Reconstruction is one of the most significant eras in American history. This presentation focuses on the misunderstood and misrepresented aspects of Black people’s experiences in that era. Williams will discuss what Black southerners did with their freedom, the price white southerners made them pay for their success, and the ways Reconstruction was violently overthrown.
Kidada E. Williams is a professor of history at Wayne State University in Detroit who studies African-American victims of racist violence. She is the author of I Saw Death Coming and They Left Great Marks on Me, coeditor of #CharlestonSyllabus, host and coproducer of Seizing Freedom, a podcast docudrama that covers the epic story of African Americans’ fight for freedom during the Civil War era.
The Gilder-Jordan Lecture is organized through the Center for the Study of Southern Culture in partnership with the African American Studies Program, the Center for Civil War Research, and the Department of History. The Gilder-Jordan Speaker Series is made possible through the generosity of the Gilder Foundation, Inc. The series honors the late Richard Gilder of New York and his family, as well as University of Mississippi alumni Dan and Lou Jordan of Virginia.
Publication Date
9-19-2023
Relational Format
Presentation
Recommended Citation
Williams, Kidada, "The Devil Was Turned Loose: African Americans in the War against Reconstruction" (2023). Gilder-Jordan Lecture in Southern Cultural History. 14.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/gilder-jordan/14
Accessibility Status
Audio or Video Captioning