How to Rig an Election: The Racist History of the 1876 Vote

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Actor Tom Hanks narrates this animated short film about the contested 1876 election, the results of which still reverberate today. After the Civil War, the country was on the verge of another outbreak of violence. But in a deal that sacrificed Black Americans’ rights, the north and south agreed on peace — and white supremacy. Read more: https://wapo.st/1876
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Credits:
Produced & written by Jeffery Robinson
Produced, directed & edited by Emily Kuntsler & Sarah Kuntsler
Produced by Andrea Crabtree
Co-produced by Dianna Cherry & Jenna Kelley
Executive Produced by Tom Hanks
Narrated by Tom Hanks
Art direction and animation by Reginal William Butler
Music by Kathryn Bostic
Post production services – C.A. Sound, Inc
Supervising editor & re-recording mixer – Coll Anderson, M.P.S.E.
Sound effects editors – Katrina Henson & Matt Snedecor
Production legal – Laverne Berry
A production of Off Center Media & Playtone with The Who We Are Project www.thewhoweareproject.org

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32 thoughts on “How to Rig an Election: The Racist History of the 1876 Vote”

  3. The North had federal troops occupy the South after the Civil War for a decade. In 1876, the South demanded the federal troops withdraw and used the election as a political tool for removal of the federal troops.

    The federal troops had good reason to be stationed in the South because the South was politically unstable and still coming to grips with its loss in the Civil War. The removal of the troops allowed criminals and bandits to run wild, thereby causing even more tension because the high crime rates. The South is also the most ethnically diverse part of the country if you consider the number of people actually of different ethnicities. The North measures its diversity by a few immigrant arrivals from particular nationa.

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  4. Correction to this video: the 15th Amendment prevents all ethnic discrimination by the government in voting, regardless of ethnicity. However, the 15th Amendment was adopted in particular to permit Blacks to vote.

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  5. I like how Millennials and Older were essentially taught slavery ended and reconstruction was a success after the civil war. Jim Crow existed but racism was propagated by a small percentage of the population…. People talk a lot about how the country was “founded” but in reality we should reference this time period for how it currently looks.

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  6. The Union forever, hurrah! boys, hurrah!

    Down with the traitors, up with the stars;

    While we rally round the flag, boys, we rally once again,

    Shouting the battle cry of freedom!

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  14. That sucks, unfortunately what was the alternative? A 2nd Civil War? Complete Military occupation of the South. Yeah, it was a crappy decision, but under a crappy circumstances. A vast majority of the white (refuse to say all because there HAD to have been some enlightened people – just too damned outnumbered and terrified to stand up) people of the south back then were ignorant, arrogant and lazy, racist and unfortunately violent and clearly would have happily destroyed the country to get their way … sound familiar 🙁

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  17. The White Grievance Party, is today practising Voter Suppression also claimed that black people in 'Black Cities' also cheated in 2020. 150 years later, nothing has changed. White Supremacy in AmeriKKKa is alive and well

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  22. Excellent work, thank you. But I would have added that over the course of time the two parties switched their stances on race issues. The Republicans became the party of white male authority, and the Democrats lost their power in the racist south because they took a principled stance on desegregation.

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