The Lost Cause (E29)

August 14
47 mins

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Episode Description

After the Civil War, Reconstruction sought to remedy a deeply structurally racist antebellum South. But a movement sprung up dubbed the Lost Cause. It sought to rewrite Reconstruction and restructure the South to maintain white supremacy. Your hosts are Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus.

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Episode researched and written by Spencer Barrows and Grace Cathedral Park. Episode edited by Ty Wood. Theme song by Thiago França. Cover art by Ruben Gerard. Super Structure selection of the week is Soul Vibrations by Dorothy Ashby.

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Bibliography

  • The Republic for Which It Stands - Richard White
  • Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory - David W. Blight
  • The Dunning School: Historians, Race, And The Meaning of Reconstruction - ed. John David Smith and J. Vincent Lowery
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