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Lesson Plan Clip 2 | The Neutral Ground

CJ joins a Civil War reenactment and questions the reenactors.

Aired 07/05/2021

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Lesson Plan Clip 2 | The Neutral Ground

Clip: Season 34 Episode 1 | 2m 24sVideo has Closed Captions

CJ joins a Civil War reenactment and questions the reenactors.

CJ joins a Civil War reenactment and questions what percentage of those reenactors would consider slavery as the cause of secession. He is accused of believing everything that he hears, but CJ counters by referencing the wording of the Declaration of Causes. Yet, Butterbean chooses to deny his evidence.

Aired 07/05/2021

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Lesson Plan Clip 1 | The Neutral Ground

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Clip: S34 Ep1 | 1m 55s | The United Daughters of the Confederacy engrained the Lost Cause into public schools. (1m 55s)

Lesson Plan Clip 3 | The Neutral Ground

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Clip: S34 Ep1 | 3m 34s | Christy Coleman and Karen Cox discuss the origins and fallacies of the Lost Cause. (3m 34s)

Lesson Plan Clip 4 | The Neutral Ground

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Clip: S34 Ep1 | 5m 6s | CJ documents the infamous protests in Charlottesville, Va. (5m 6s)

Lesson Plan Clip 5 | The Neutral Ground

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Clip: S34 Ep1 | 3m 13s | CJ reflects on ways that history can sometimes leave out parts of the slave narrative. (3m 13s)

Trailer | The Neutral Ground

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Preview: S34 Ep1 | 1m 42s | CJ Hunt investigates why a losing army from 1865 still holds so much power in America. (1m 42s)

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