<figure><img src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/89e5420/2147483647/strip/false/crop/1440x907+0+0/resize/792x499!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fwltr%2Ffiles%2F201903%2Freconstruction_first-black-representatives-archival-img.jpg" alt="The first black U.S. senator and first black House members were elected by Southern states during Reconstruction."><figcaption>(Library of Congress)</figcaption></figure>Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., has said, "Reconstruction is one of the most important and consequential chapters in American history. It is also among the most overlooked, misunderstood and misrepresented."&nbsp;For an overview of this fraught era in American history, Dr. Walter Edgar is joined by Dr. J. Brent Morris, Director of the University of South Carolina at Beaufort's Institute for the Study of the Reconstruction Era, for a discussion of Reconstruction and its aftermath, beginning with the hopeful moment of&nbsp; Civil War's end and Emancipation in 1865, and carrying through to 1915, when the nation was fully entrenched in Jim Crow segregation.- Originally broadcast 04/05/19 -All Stations: Fri, Jun 26, 12 pm | News &amp; Talk Stations: Sun, Jun 28, 4 pm

South Carolina in WWI: The Military

From books to barbecue, and current events to Colonial history, historian and author Walter Edgar delves into the arts, culture, and history of South Carolina and the American South. Produced by South Carolina Public Radio.