Fireside Chat: Reconstruction, Civil Rights, and Racism in America

Name: Fireside Chat: Reconstruction, Civil Rights, and Racism in America
Start: 2026-05-14T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-05-14T19:30:00-04:00
Location: 117 W. Fairview Ave, Johnson City, TN, United States, Tennessee 37604

Schedule

Thu May 14 2026 at 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

117 W. Fairview Ave, Johnson City, TN, United States, Tennessee 37604 | Johnson City, TN

Reconstruction, Civil Rights, and Racism in America
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.