Historian Peniel Joseph on America’s ‘Third Reconstruction’

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🗓️ 12 September 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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After the election of President Obama in 2008, “the world looked and felt different,” writes University of Texas historian Peniel Joseph. That moment also marked the beginning of what Joseph calls America’s Third Reconstruction, a period of racial progress marked by the Black Lives Matter protests and the social justice movements they inspired. But the Third Reconstruction, like the 19th and 20th century versions that preceded it, has also been beset by white backlash and violent retrenchment. We’ll talk to Joseph about what he thinks we’ve achieved in this period and how far we need to go to achieve racial justice. Guests: Peniel Joseph, professor of history and founding director, Center for the Study of Race and Democracy - University of Texas at Austin; author, "The Third Reconstruction: America’s Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twenty-First Century" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:52.3	For historian Peneal Joseph, the moment Barack Obama was elected president,
0:58.0	marked the beginning of what he calls America's Third Reconstruction, a period of racial progress
1:04.0	marked by Black Lives Matter protests and the social justice movements they inspired.
1:08.0	But the third reconstruction, like the 19th and 20th century
1:11.8	versions before it, has also been marked by backlash and racist violence. We'll talk to
1:17.6	Joseph about what the third reconstruction is telling us about America's struggles for racial
1:22.9	justice. He joins us after this news.
1:37.4	Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kim.
1:42.3	America has gone through two periods of reconstruction, according to historians.
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