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As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, debates over patriotism, education, race, and national identity are intensifying. According to America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation’s Anniversary by Eddie S. Glaude Jr., this pattern is not new.
America’s major anniversaries have historically reflected the racial and political tensions of their time.
The 1876 Centennial celebrated national unity while Reconstruction collapsed and racial violence spread across the
Historians use the term “The Nadir” to describe the period after Reconstruction, roughly from 1877 to 1901, when Black political rights were systematically dismantled across the South through segregation laws, voter suppression, racial terror, and institutional backlash.
Although emancipation and constitutional amendments had expanded Black citizenship formally, courts, lawmakers, and local governments weakened those protections over time while maintaining the appearance of l
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