A Revolution and its Reversals : Reconstruction and the Rise of Jim Crow in Ypsilanti.
Channel: Matthew Siegfried
Date: 2022-11-16

Reconstruction and Jim Crow were not just southern phenomena, but realities in Ypsilanti as well. Join historian Matt Siegfried as we take a close look at the revolution in African American social, political and cultural life in Ypsilanti after the Civil War and how this strong and confident community responded to Reconstructions defeat and the rise of Jim Crow. Delivered November 19, 2022.