As the nation prepares to mark the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War, we talk to historian Eric Foner about Reconstruction and the birth of a homegrown racist, terrorist movement led by the Ku Klux Klan. Foner wrote one of the definitive books on the era, titled "Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877." He won a Pulitzer Prize for "The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery." His latest book is "Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad."

Democracy Now! 2015-03-11 Wednesday

• Headlines for March 11, 2015
• New York Hedge Funds Pour Millions of Dollars into Cuomo-Led Bid to Expand Charter Schools
• Is Venezuela Really an "Extraordinary Threat"? U.S. Sanctions Top Officials as Tensions Grow
• Gateway to Freedom: Historian Eric Foner on the Hidden History of the Underground Railroad

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Democracy Now! 2015-03-10 Tuesday

• Headlines for March 10, 2015
• Martin Luther King III: Don't Idolize My Father, Embrace His Ideals of Freedom, Justice and Equality
• Civil Rights Icon C.T. Vivian on Nonviolence & Hypocrisy of U.S. Promoting Democracy Abroad
• Dying for the Right to Vote: Remembering the Selma Martyrs, From Jimmie Lee Jackson to Viola Liuzzo
• "I Am, Because We Are, Because Selma Was": Voices From Historic Bloody Sunday March

Democracy Now! 2015-03-09 Monday

• Headlines for March 09, 2015
• Voting Rights Remain Under Attack 50 Years After the Bloody Sunday March in Selma
• 103-Year-Old Civil Rights Pioneer Joins Original Foot Soldiers, Jesse Jackson to Mark Bloody Sunday
• "Struggle is a Never-Ending Process": MLK Daughter Bernice King on Selma March, Black Lives Matter
• In Trip to Selma, Michael Brown's Mother Calls for Elimination of Ferguson Police Dept.
• The Worst Supreme Court for Civil Rights Since 1857: Alabama's First Black Federal Judge Speaks Out

Democracy Now! 2015-03-06 Friday

• Headlines for March 06, 2015
• "I Thought I Saw Death": John Lewis Remembers Police Attack on Bloody Sunday in Selma 50 Years Ago
• Meet Jesús "Chuy" García, the Chicago Activist Aiming to Unseat "Mayor 1%" Rahm Emanuel
• As Boston Marathon Bomber Admits Guilt, FBI Sued for Killing Friend of Tsarnaevs in Florida

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Democracy Now! 2015-03-05 Thursday

• Headlines for March 05, 2015
• Millions Could Lose Obamacare Coverage as Supreme Court Weighs Dubious Koch-Backed Case
• Jihadi John Unmasked: Did U.K. Security Agencies Play a Role in ISIS Militant's Radicalization?
• Attica's Ghosts: New Calls to Close Site of Prison Revolt After Guards Avoid Jail for Brutal Abuse

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This weekend marked the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery voting rights march known as "Bloody Sunday." See our coverage of the historic weekend of events here.

Democracy Now! 2015-03-04 Wednesday

• Headlines for March 04, 2015
• Michelle Alexander: Ferguson Shows Why Criminal Justice System of "Racial Control" Should Be Undone
• Michelle Alexander: Roots of Today's Mass Incarceration Crisis Date to Slavery, Jim Crow

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Democracy Now! 2015-03-03 Tuesday

• Headlines for March 03, 2015
• Noam Chomsky: To Deal with ISIS, U.S. Should Own Up to Chaos of Iraq War & Other Radicalizing Acts
• Chomsky on Cuba: After Decades of U.S. Meddling & "Terrorism," Restoring Ties is Least We Could Do
• Noam Chomsky: As Venezuela Struggles to Fix Economy, U.S. Should Stop Trying to Undermine Its Gov't
• Chomsky on Snowden & Why NSA Surveillance Doesn't Stop Terror While the U.S. Drone War Creates It