HISTORICAL TONIC FOR FRAGILE WHITE FOLKS
A series of mini-lectures about white supremacy in America after the civil war.
1: Introduction
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Dr. James Brewer Stewart, professor emeritus at Macalester College MN, will address white supremacy after the Civil War. Stewart will present sixteen “mini-lectures” Historical Tonic for Fragile White Folks that are six to fifteen minutes long in a casual talk style. Stewart sees his videos as a way to challenge the “historical amnesia” that exists about white supremacy. “Each of the videos describes wrenching developments that usually get glossed over in the history textbooks, but that’s precisely why it’s so essential to know about them,” Stewart explains. He intends to help people see this neglected history as it truly was and to own that history.
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2: Where Diving Deep Takes Us
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Jim discusses how facing down the past makes white folks reliable “allies."
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3: Black Reconstruction and the Unfinished Revolution
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We once had a chance to make Black folks equal citizens, but….
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4: White Reconstruction and the Unsustainable Revolution
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We blew our chance to make Black folks equal citizens.
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5: Violence is as American as Apple Pie, 1660 - 1990
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Bloody from the beginning: the history of racial violence the United States.
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6: Lynching, 1880 - 1950
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The most constructive way to grapple with the worst of our history.
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7: Simple Amusements
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.White supremacy is good clean fun.
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8, part 1: Thrilling Sagas
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White supremacy is good clean fun.
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8, part 2: Happy Endings
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Making billions from white supremacy cinema—AGAIN!
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9: Back to Black Reconstruction
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How Black folks fought off being re-enslaved.
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10: Back to White Reconstruction Inching Back Into Slavery, 1865 - 1945
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How white folks re-enslaved Black folks anyway.
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11: Preparing for Mass Murder, 1876 & 1877
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Heating up the white supremacist pressure cooker.
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12: Proceeding with Mass Murder, 1876 & 1877
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Blowing up the white supremacist pressure cooker.
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13: White City, White Nation, 1893 - 1898
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Making all of America entirely white.
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14: What Civil War? White Peacemaking, 1913 - 1915
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Watching the white South (eventually) win the Civil War.
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15: Rebirth of a Nation
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The dawning of our age: pandemic+ dirty immigrants+ violent anarchists+ lots of Black folks = white racial terrorism.
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