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Podcast: The Sound of Black and Brown
Episode: Black Codes & Labor Day
Description: Labor Day is a federal holiday in the United States that is celebrated on the first Monday of September every year. It is a day to honor and recognize the contributions and achievements of American workers to the country’s strength, prosperity, and well-being. The status of Blacks was the focal problem of Reconstruction. Slavery had been abolished by the Thirteenth Amendment, but the white people of the South were determined to keep the Black population in "their place," socially, politically, and economically. This was done by means of the notorious "Black Codes," passed by several of the state legislatures. No...