American Experience – S16 E02 : Reconstruction: The Second Civil War (1): Revolution

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"Reconstruction: The Second Civil War," a two-part report, follows political leaders and ordinary Americans alike as it chronicles one of the most contentious periods in American history. "An old social order had been destroyed," says Columbia University historian Eric Foner. "Everything was up for grabs." Part 1 begins with the end of the war, as President Johnson, no friend of the freed slaves, squares off against Republicans in Congress. In 1868 they pass the 14th Amendment, which is "the origin of the concept of civil rights," Foner notes. Johnson vetoed it and, says narrator Dion Graham, "the lines were drawn."

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Tom Hanks
as Narrator (voice)
Morgan Freeman
as Narrator (voice)
Denzel Washington
as Self - Narrator
Ellen Burstyn
as Narrator (voice)
Jeffrey Wright
as Narrator (voice)
Benjamin Bratt
as Narrator (voice)
Susan Sarandon
as Narrator (voice)
Keith David
as W.E. Henderson / Other Voices
Stacy Keach
as Narrator (voice)
Kyle MacLachlan
as Narrator
Robert Duvall
as Narrator (voice)
Kenneth Branagh
as Narrator (voice)
Liev Schreiber
as Narrator (voice)
Chris Cooper
as Narrator (voice)
Laura Linney
as Narrator (voice)
Holly Hunter
as Mary Lincoln (voice)
Zahn McClarnon
as Wampanoag man
Richard Thomas
as Narrator (voice)
F. Murray Abraham
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Mary McDonnell
as Narrator (voice)
Donald Sutherland
as Narrator (voice)
Robert Redford
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Christopher Plummer
as Narrator
Randy Quaid
as Narrator (voice)
Michael Stuhlbarg
as Officer Stephen Colden
Keith Carradine
as Narrator (voice)
Bill Paxton
as Self - Reader (voice)
Mandy Patinkin
as Narrator (voice)
Oliver Platt
as Narrator (voice)
Bridget Regan
as Angelica Shippen
Scott Glenn
as Narrator (voice)
David Morse
as Abraham Lincoln
Glenn Close
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Matthew Broderick
as Jack Binns (voice)
Héctor Elizondo
as Narrator (voice)
Kathy Bates
as Narrator (voice)
Peter Krause
as Narrator
Joe Mantegna
as Narrator (voice)
Brian Dennehy
as Aaron Burr (voice)
Vanessa Williams
as Narrator (voice)
Roy Scheider
as Narrator (voice)
Andre Braugher
as Narrator
Alex Meraz
as Warrior
Marion Ross
as Edith Bolling-Galt (voice)
Linda Hunt
as Narrator (voice)
Campbell Scott
as Narrator (voice)
Wes Studi
as Warrior in Canoe

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