Fireside Chat: Reconstruction, Civil Rights, and Racism in America
Schedule
Thu May 14 2026 at 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm
UTC-04:00Location
117 W. Fairview Ave, Johnson City, TN, United States, Tennessee 37604 | Johnson City, TN
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Reconstruction, Civil Rights, and Racism in AmericaCivil War Reconstruction is often viewed by historians as a programmatic failure concerning race relations. African Americans were granted constitutional freedoms but left in the same racial subordination they had been for centuries. Why did it take a civil rights movement a century later to even begin to rectify this inequality? How much progress have we made, and is racism still a fundamental problem in American culture?
How to register: No registration needed. Drop-in
Cost: Food/beverage purchases encouraged to support teahouse nonprofit
Location: Fireplace/Living Room area, 1st floor
Luke Peace, historian: focus in European and American history. Instructor of collegiate courses in world and US history.
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