Tag: reconstruction
The 15 Warning Signs Of America’s Impending Tyranny
AFRICANGLOBE - Robert Reich — the former Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton — just issued a must-read list of red flags warning us of 4 years of tyranny. Reich’s warning signs echo the actions of past tyrants, like Benito Mussolini in Italy, Adolf Hitler in Germany, Augosto Pinochet in Chile, and Francisco Franco in Spain. In listing each example of tyrannical actions, Reich cited an action taken by President-elect Donald Trump both during his campaign and after his election. Reich’s list is meant to serve as an ominous warning for Americans to stay vigilant in the face of a terrifying and unpredictable government over the next four years.
Are We Seeing A Repeat Of Redemption, The Post-Civil War White...
AFRICANGLOBE - Black folks are you scared yet? You should be. During his presidential campaign Donald Trump promised to “take care of our African-American people” and now Trump is following through in his own special way. In all, this moment feels like a 21st-century version of the Redemption era — the period of white backlash and terrorism against Black people immediately after Reconstruction that put an end to the freedoms and democratic gains that followed the end of the Civil War.
Reconstruction. The Second Civil War
AFRICANGLOBE - looks at one of the least understood periods in American history, Reconstruction, which spanned the tumultuous years from 1863 to 1877. The documentary tracks the extraordinary stories of ordinary Americans -- Southerners, Northerners, White and Black -- as they struggle to shape new lives in a United States turned upside down.
