new day begun ♪ ♪ let us march on till victory is won ♪ >> woo! >> at the end say shadow beneath my hand, may we forever stand, true to our god, true to our native land. these guys were tricky. by native land, who were they talking about? >> us. >> our land. meaning what? what does us mean to you? what was reconstruction? when was it? >> after slavery. >> after slavery, yes. >> after the civil war. >> after the civil war. this is when black people try to teach america how to have a real democracy. during reconstruction, black people were able to vote in the south, and they got in the state legislators and passed laws to say things like everybody should go to school for free. why people too? yeah, white people.