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
Civil 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.
Where is it happening?
117 W. Fairview Ave, Johnson City, TN, United States, Tennessee 37604Event Location & Nearby Stays:



















