Foner, the primary advocate of this view, argued that it was never truly completed, and that a "Second Reconstruction" was needed in the late 20th century to complete the goal of full equality for African Americans.
方納是此一觀點最重要的提倡者，他主張重建從未真正完成，因此必須在二十世紀後半展開二度重建，以徹底實現非裔美國人的完全平等。