Making Uncivil News Today

>> what was some of the most surprising things that you learned as you kind of uncovered these truths that were unknown? >> i think, you know, there is a lot of different areas that -- about -- about the civil war and how that folds into the larger teaching of american history that people misunderstand. so one thing that was surprising was to learn how definitive the confederacy was about why they succeeded and essentially, this makes clear what the civil war was all about. in all these successi...

History books. its not well known. why do you think that is? >> absolutely. i mean, i -- i -- first of all, thank you so much for having us on and thank you for checking out the podcast. im really excited about what you all have coming up with this documentary. um, the history i grew up of the civil war sort of didnt really imagine black people as agents, as part of the process of emancipation, right? you almost got the idea in some of the accounts that we were just sitting around on plantations...

Why. the award-winning "uncivil" tells many fascinating and unknown stories of the war, including one of an incredible raid in south carolina. it was an act of bravery carried out mainly by slaves that saved hundreds of others like them. take a listen. >> the boats headed back down the river. at the last bend, enraged confederates appeared with canons but montgomerys troops fired first and slipped past with just enough time to chug out of range. on board were more than 700 newly-freed people. ju...

Against it. >> just because i do not want critical-race theory taught to my children in school does not mean that i am a racist. >> how about you fire them? >> sir. >> by limiting the number of population in the count, they specifically limited the number of representatives that would be available in the slave-holding states and they did it for the purpose of ending slavery. well before abraham lincoln, well before civil war, do we talk about that? i dont hear that anywhere. >> when i see some o...