Putting the end of the civil rights era in historical perspective.
I wrote about the Rise and Fall of the Second Reconstruction, 1964/65 – 2025/26: An attempt to really grasp what a profoundly important - and disturbing - moment in U.S. history we are currently witnessing.
My new piece:
https://steady.page/en/democracyamericana/posts/8f16b18f-41d5-41f9-884b-f76a13852986
Thomas Zimmer
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