RECONSTRUCTION: AMERICA AFTER THE CIVIL WAR explores the United States’ emergence from the Civil War and slavery, and the era’s thwarted vision for an interracial democracy that haunts the country more than 150 years later.

Using stories submitted through PBS AMERICAN PORTRAIT, Family of Us: An American Portrait Story paints a picture of families in America today and the way family defines us.  

RECONSTRUCTION: AMERICA AFTER THE CIVIL WAR explores the United States’ emergence from the Civil War and slavery, and the era’s thwarted vision for an interracial democracy that haunts the country more than 150 years later.

Learn about diverse and little-known American heroines from the early years of feminism, and the women who now follow in their footsteps, in honor of the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage and Women’s Equality Day.