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Civil war, my family are share croppers, come in the eras of jim crow, great migration moving throughout the south. i'm a living part of that stream of history. and as a professor here at howard university, and particularly in africana studies, which is my field of study and area i work in, i devote a great part of my work understanding the implications of the civil war and reconstruction in terms of contemporary american life. what's this right here? >> deed of sale. >> deed of sale. these are reconstruction era documents. most people in the country don't no anything about that. you can say w...

Now could help us reunify. >> but don't try to take away history just because you don't agree with it. if you really study history, you'll see it was more than just slavery. there was taxation issues. >> hold on. is he putting on a bulletproof vest? >> probably. >> why? >> because they were firing paint ball at these guys the other night. sounds harmless, but who's to say that they don't try something more? a lot of these people are from out of town. >> these are visitors from out of town who are confederate supporters, and they come here to occupy our city for a couple of weeks and stand thei...

African american families began to flee the scene. even one mother left her child in the hollow of a tree just for protection. and then over the course of the next several days, white liners began to flood into clinton and then systematically round up those who organized the rally and then kill them. sometimes in front of their own families members. >> so this is a group of white democrats killing the black republicans? >> correct. it was the plan of the white democrats to keep african americans from voting. the violence served as a pretext for the return of white rule and the end of reconstru...

If -- my daddy is a typical southern male. he knows everything, and you don't question him, and, you know -- i love him to death. that's just the way he is. that's the way people are down here. if i told him that the main cause of the civil war was slavery, then he would probably like, i don't know, open a bottle and start preaching at me and stuff like that. i don't know. >> why would he find that offensive? >> well, my great great grandfather did fight in the civil war, and he did come back. he didn't die or anything. he came back alive. but it messed him up so bad. it was a bad situation fo...

Now could help us reunify. >> but don't try to take away history because if you don't agree with it and if you study history it was more than just slavery. there was taxation issues. >> is he putting on a bulletproof vest? >> probably. >> why? >> because there they firing paint ball at these guys the other night. sounds harmless, but who is to say that they don't try something more. a lot of these people from out of town. >> these are visitors from out of town. who are confederate supporters and they come here to occupy a sit for a couple of weeks and stand their ground and all that good stuff...