This is the seventh episode of our 12-part series Reading Black Reconstruction with Geo Maher.

Readings for Episode 7 are:

• Ch. 7: “Looking Forward” esp. 182-90, 212-27, 235

Study Questions for Episode 7 are:

• What is abolition-democracy?
• What is industrial autocracy?
• How do the two relate?

The Abolition School Radio podcast is a collaboration between Haymarket Books and the W.E.B. Du Bois Movement School for Abolition and Reconstruction.

This is the eighth episode of our 12-part series Reading Black Reconstruction with Geo Maher.

Readings for Episode 8 are:

• Ch. 8: A Poor White esp. 237-244, bottom 251-254, 259, bottom 319-322.
• Ch. 9: “The Price of Disaster” esp. 325-330, 336, 345-347, 352-354, 357-359, 378-379

Study Questions for Episode 8 are:

• Why did it matter that Johnson was “a poor white,” and what did it mean to say that he was transformed?
• What was the price of disaster? Why did America refuse to pay? Why does Du Bois say the country still suffers from this refusal.

The Abolition School Radio podcast is a collaboration between Haymarket Books and the W.E.B. Du Bois Movement School for Abolition and Reconstruction.

This is the ninth episode of our 12-part series Reading Black Reconstruction with Geo Maher.

Readings for Episode 9 are:

• Ch. 10: “The Black Proletariat in South Carolina” esp. 381-384, 390-391, 396-401, 426-429

Study Questions for Episode 9 are:

• Du Bois nearly called this chapter “the dictatorship of the black proletariat.” Why was he tempted to do so, and why did he decide not to?
• Who was Reconstruction for?

The Abolition School Radio podcast is a collaboration between Haymarket Books and the W.E.B. Du Bois Movement School for Abolition and Reconstruction.

This is the tenth episode of our 12-part series Reading Black Reconstruction with Geo Maher.

Readings for Episode 10 are:

• Chs. 11-13: Mississippi and Louisiana; Alabama, Georgia, and Florida; Border and Frontier.
• Ch. 11: 431-35, bottom 442-43, 449-56, bottom 470-71, 482-4
• Ch. 12: 487-9, 494-5, 506, 511-3,
• Ch. 13: 526, 530-2, 535-8, 546-7, 551-3, 557, 561, 571, 575, 577

Study Questions for Episode 10 are:

• Look at the chapter titles and summaries: Why does Du Bois group states together for his analysis?
• What parameters matter to him?
• How did these differences play out in different dynamics?

The Abolition School Radio podcast is a collaboration between Haymarket Books and the W.E.B. Du Bois Movement School for Abolition and Reconstruction.

This is the eleventh episode of our 12-part series Reading Black Reconstruction with Geo Maher.

Readings for Episode 11 are:

• Ch. 14: “The Counter-Revolution of Property” esp. 580-92, 595-6, 602, bottom 609-11, 618-26, 630-5

Study Questions for Episode 11 are:

• Why did Reconstruction die?
• Was it doomed from the start?

The Abolition School Radio podcast is a collaboration between Haymarket Books and the W.E.B. Du Bois Movement School for Abolition and Reconstruction.

This is the final episode of our 12-part series Reading Black Reconstruction with Geo Maher.

Readings for Episode 12 are:

• Ch. 15: “Founding the Public School” skim most but focus on 637-41, 667
• Ch. 16: “Back Toward Slavery” esp. 670-4, 678-80, 692-709

Study Questions for Episode 12 are:

• Why does Du Bois write an entire chapter on public education?
• What does it mean to move “back toward slavery” and how does it complicate our understanding of history?

The Abolition School Radio podcast is a collaboration between Haymarket Books and the W.E.B. Du Bois Movement School for Abolition and Reconstruction.