{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"1866 Mechanics Institute Attack","description":"One violent event, captured in the best media technologies of its time and brought to American living parlors, completely changed American politics during the Reconstruction period.&amp;nbsp; A convention at the stately Mechanics' Institute in New Orleans, determined to create a new constitution where all races could vote, was forcefully ended by police in what investigators could only describe as a massacre.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; We discuss the event, the reasons behind it, and how it affected political power in Louisiana and in Washington for ten years.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"My History Can Beat Up Your Politics","author_url":"https:\/\/myhistorycanbeatupyourpolitics.wordpress.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/18031517\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/96476771"}