Heroes of the American Reconstruction
Profiles of Sixteen Educators, Politicians and Activists
The history of post-Civil War Reconstruction wasn't written by the winners. Congress forced Reconstruction on an unrepentant South steeped in resentment and hatred, where the old guard and old attitudes still held sway, murder and depredations against freed slaves and sympathizers were rampant, and black laws swapped the physical bonds of slavery for legislative ones. During Reconstruction, talented black leaders rose to serve in Congress and in state and local governments. Blacks and whites struggled together to secure the rights of millions of freed slaves, now citizens, and to heal the wounds of a shattered nation. Many Reconstruction figu…
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- ISBN: 978-0-7864-4250-8
- EAN: 9780786442508
- Produktnummer: 4243017
- Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 194 S.
- Masse: H25.4 cm x B17.8 cm x D1.0 cm 376 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 376
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Stanley Turkel is a hotel consultant and owner living in Flushing, New York. His articles have appeared in Hotel Interactive and Hotel-Online.
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