During an interview recorded by StoryCorps, Bobby Clayton describes the Alabaman company town he grew up in.

Douglas A. Blackmon talks about the reasons behind convict labor practices of the day.

Historian Risa Goluboff explains the creation of the NAACP and its importance at this time in history.

UW Clemons explains the company town built by US Steel in the 1900s for its workers.

During a StoryCorps interview, U.W. Clemons talked about his grandparents and parents and their lives of sharecropping following the Civil War.

Descendant Dr. Robert Corley reacts to his ancestor Robert Franklin arresting John Davis in “Slavery by Another Name” during a StoryCorps interview.

Descendant Tonya Groomes reflects on how this re-enslavement has effected so many people during an interview recorded by StoryCorps.

Descendant Kate Willis talks about learning of John S. Williams and why exploring the story was important, even when the stories are negative.

Descendant Kate Willis describes peonage and how it worked during an interview recorded by StoryCorps.

Martha Bouyer talks about the history of Birmingham during a StoryCorps interview.

Historian James Grossman explains the myths around slavery and how the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments changed them.

Author Douglas A. Blackmon describes the Black Codes enacted in 1865 that worked to criminalize black life.

Historian James Grossman explains how Emancipation changed the Southern labor.

Sharon Malone and Tonya Groomes share their reactions to legacy.

Historian Mary Ellen Curtin talks about early coal mining and the industry's reliance on prison labor.

Historian Pete Daniel breaks down peonage and debt servitude.

Historian Mary Ellen Curtin explains the significance of the Klan and what this period of Klanism resulted in.

Historian Mary Ellen Curtin explains the origins of Black Codes and how they were local laws to subject free people to systems of control.

Historian Pete Daniel talks about the positive things going on in history in addition to the bad things going on with white supremacy.

Historian Mary Ellen Curtin explains the complications of sharecropping and how conflict was inevitable.