The Gilded Age | Exclusion | 4

American History Tellers

Wondery

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, History, Education For Kids

4.7 • 18.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Amid the glamor and growth of the Gilded Age, racism and anti-immigrant hostility swept the nation. With the end of Reconstruction, white communities across the South stripped African Americans of their hard-won political rights and economic gains. But a new generation of activists fought the growing wave of discrimination and violence. Booker T. Washington championed black education, and journalist Ida B. Wells waged a fierce campaign against lynching.

In the West, labor groups fueled anti-Chinese resentment, building support for the first major federal law limiting immigration. In the mid-1880s, white mobs from Wyoming to Washington descended on Chinese neighborhoods, stoking hysteria and casting immigrants out of their homes.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime Members, you can listen to American History Tellers add free on Amazon Music,
0:05.6	download the app today.
0:09.0	Imagine us November 1883.
0:19.9	You're a City Council member in Danville, Virginia on the state's southern border.
0:24.7	Today, you've gathered for a difficult meeting.
0:27.7	Danville is a majority black town, but tensions had been building ever since you and other
0:31.9	black leaders were elected to City Office.
0:34.7	Just a few days ago, a scuffle between a black man and a white man exploded into violence,
0:39.0	and now five people are dead.
0:42.0	Moments like this make you reflect on how far you've come.
0:44.9	You were born a slave, and now you're helping run your community.
0:48.5	But it's been a tough path, and you feel the heavy burden of responsibility.
0:53.4	You rise to address the room.
0:55.0	As we all know, the incident this week has pushed things to the breaking point.
0:59.6	With the election just days away, I'm concerned there might be more violence, so I'd like to
1:03.5	propose a few measures to protect our most vulnerable voters.
1:07.0	This seems hardly necessary.
1:10.4	All eyes turn to a Democrat on the council.
1:13.2	He's a white man you've been going toe-to-toe with for the past year.
1:16.8	You can almost feel his seeding hatred from across the room.
1:19.8	I disagree.
1:21.2	If this recent street fight is any indication Danville's black citizens are at risk, I was
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