Meacham on Reconstruction

 Right now I’m reading Meacham’s larger examination of “our better angels,” and the truths and untruths surrounding that idea, but....please try this more brief article from the NYTs. I’m finding I need to hear this historical correction over and over, and from many different mouths, to really have it sink in. 


https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/23/books/review/lost-cause-meacham.html?referringSource=articleShare

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