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Dark sky rising : Reconstruction and the dawn of Jim Crow

Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., author, Bolden, Tonya, author

2019

Overview

\"This is a story about America during and after Reconstruction, one of history's most pivotal and misunderstood chapters. In a stirring account of emancipation, the struggle for citizenship and national reunion, and the advent of racial segregation, the renowned Harvard scholar delivers a book that is illuminating and timely. Real-life accounts drive the narrative, spanning the half century between the Civil War and Birth of a Nation. Here, you will come face-to-face with the people and events of Reconstruction's noble democratic experiment, its tragic undermining, and the drawing of a new \"color line\" in the long Jim Crow era that followed. In introducing young readers to them, and to the resiliency of the African American people at times of progress and betrayal, Professor Gates shares a history that remains vitally relevant today.\"--Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Scholastic Focus
• Subject: African Americans History 1863-1877 Juvenile literature. / Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) Juvenile literature. / African Americans Social conditions 19th century Juvenile literature. / African Americans Segregation Southern States History Juvenile literature. / African Americans History 1863-1877. / Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) / African Americans Social conditions 19th century. / African Americans Segregation Southern States History. / Southern States Race relations History Juvenile literature. / Southern States Race relations History.
• ISBN: 9781338262049, 1338262041