250 Years of Bad Decisions: SCOTUS, the Civil War, and the End of Reconstruction

In honor of America’s birthday, join Peter, Rhiannon, Michael and University of Pennsylvania Law Professor Kermit Roosevelt as they talk through how the Supreme Court greased the wheels for the end of Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow.

Check out Kermit’s book The Nation That Never Was: Reconstructing America’s Story.

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