After the end of slavery, the US was on the precipice of a grand new democracy. The destruction of Reconstruction still torments our struggle for justice today. W. E. B. Du Bois chronicles this moment in Black Reconstruction in America. Join us to glance at the life of an unparalleled historian and freedom fighter. We’ll also read from Black Reconstruction to understand our moment and the path forward.

“Nations reel and stagger on their way; they make hideous mistakes; they commit frightful wrongs; they do great and beautiful things. And shall we not best guide humanity by telling the truth about all this, so far as the truth is ascertainable?” Black Reconstruction in America (1935) by W.E.B. Du Bois