"1861 - 1898" . . . . "United States" . . . . "Silent films"@en . . . "Drama"@en . "The story of two families, North and South, who are caught up in the Civil War and then the Reconstruction period. Includes an abbreviated version of \"The birth of a race\" (1918) which was conceived as a protest against the racism of \"Birth of a nation.\""@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "The birth of a nation the birth of a race"@en . "History"@en . . . . . .