AMERICAN EXPERIENCE SEASON PREMIERE! RECONSTRUCTION: THE SECOND CIVIL WAR Monday and Tuesday, January 12 and 13, at 9pm on PBS (check local listings) http://www.pbs.org/amex/reconstruction Spanning the momentous years from 1863 to 1877, RECONSTRUCTION tells the story of the tumultuous years after the Civil War, as America grappled with how to rebuild itself, how to bring the South back into the Union, and at the same time how to bring former slaves into the life of the country. What you can do online: * Screen RECONSTRUCTION in its entirety anytime after January 14. This is the first AMERICAN EXPERIENCE film freely available online, on-demand: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/program/index.html * Follow our film crew to eight shooting locations from Natchitoches, Louisiana, to Danvers, Massachusetts: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/program/index.html * Explore the impact of the war state by state with Census data from 1860 and 1870: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/states/index.html * Browse a gallery of Reconstruction-era churches, and learn how slavery split the religious community: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/faith/index.html * Tap into the rich resources available using a teacher's guide -- in a classroom or on your own: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/tguide/index.html * Watch eight bonus mini-documentaries on plantations in ruins, black legislators, carpetbaggers, sharecroppers, the first public schools, the KKK, and more: The Union Army allots "40 acres and a mule" to freed slaves: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/40acres/index.html Southern owners return to ruined plantations: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/plantation/index.html America's first black legislators are elected: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/activism/index.html Northerners travel South to seek opportunities: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/carpetbagger/index.html The first public schools open in the South: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/schools/index.html Former slaves and landowners make new labor arrangements: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/sharecrop/index.html Northerners debate what they should do for former slaves: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/nast/index.html Secret terror organizations like the KKK emerge: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/kkk/index.html Additional funding for RECONSTRUCTION was provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. ****************** Talk about RECONSTRUCTION with The New York Times and Washington Post Columbia University historian and Reconstruction expert Eric Foner will be answering questions pulled from an online forum hosted by The New York Times. Submit questions now and read his answers on premiere date, January 12, at: http://forums.nytimes.com/top/opinion/readersopinions/forums/books/americanh istory/index.html Elizabeth Deane, producer and director of RECONSTRUCTION, will be answering questions in an online forum hosted by the Washington Post. Watch the first part of RECONSTRUCTION on January 12 and chat with Elizabeth on January 13 at 2pm: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62742-2004Jan7.html

Olivia, Thanks for posting this message! I read it at 9:05 last night and was able to hurry and catch part 1. Regards Paige Dulli ----- Original Message ----- From: "Olivia" <saffold@pineland.net> To: <GEORGIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 10:54 PM Subject: [GEORGIA] American Experience's Reconstruction: The Second Civil War > AMERICAN EXPERIENCE SEASON PREMIERE! > > RECONSTRUCTION: THE SECOND CIVIL WAR > Monday and Tuesday, January 12 and 13, at 9pm on PBS > (check local listings) > http://www.pbs.org/amex/reconstruction > > Spanning the momentous years from 1863 to 1877, > RECONSTRUCTION tells the story of the tumultuous years after > the Civil War, as America grappled with how to rebuild > itself, how to bring the South back into the Union, and at > the same time how to bring former slaves into the life of > the country. > > What you can do online: > > * Screen RECONSTRUCTION in its entirety anytime after > January 14. This is the first AMERICAN EXPERIENCE film > freely available online, on-demand: > http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/program/index.html > > * Follow our film crew to eight shooting locations from > Natchitoches, Louisiana, to Danvers, Massachusetts: > http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/program/index.html > > * Explore the impact of the war state by state with Census > data from 1860 and 1870: > http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/states/index.html > > * Browse a gallery of Reconstruction-era churches, and learn > how slavery split the religious community: > http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/faith/index.html > > * Tap into the rich resources available using a teacher's > guide -- in a classroom or on your own: > http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/tguide/index.html > > * Watch eight bonus mini-documentaries on plantations in > ruins, black legislators, carpetbaggers, sharecroppers, the > first public schools, the KKK, and more: > > The Union Army allots "40 acres and a mule" to freed slaves: > http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/40acres/index.html > > Southern owners return to ruined plantations: > http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/plantation/index.html > > America's first black legislators are elected: > http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/activism/index.html > > Northerners travel South to seek opportunities: > http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/carpetbagger/index.html > > The first public schools open in the South: > http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/schools/index.html > > Former slaves and landowners make new labor arrangements: > http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/sharecrop/index.html > > Northerners debate what they should do for former slaves: > http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/nast/index.html > > Secret terror organizations like the KKK emerge: > http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/kkk/index.html > > Additional funding for RECONSTRUCTION was provided by the > National Endowment for the Humanities and the John D. and > Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. > > ****************** > Talk about RECONSTRUCTION with The New York Times and > Washington Post > > Columbia University historian and Reconstruction expert Eric > Foner will be answering questions pulled from an online > forum hosted by The New York Times. Submit questions now and > read his answers on premiere date, January 12, at: > > http://forums.nytimes.com/top/opinion/readersopinions/forums/books/americanh > istory/index.html > > Elizabeth Deane, producer and director of RECONSTRUCTION, > will be answering questions in an online forum hosted by the > Washington Post. Watch the first part of RECONSTRUCTION on > January 12 and chat with Elizabeth on January 13 at 2pm: > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62742-2004Jan7.html > > > > ==== GEORGIA Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the Georgia list, send only the word > UNSUBSCRIBE to GEORGIA-l-request@rootsweb.com or if you are on the Digest > List to GEORGIA-d-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >