| Descript |
225 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Let freedom ring! -- Men of color to arms! -- Fraught with great difficulty -- Restored -- The ballot with which to save ourselves -- Go on with your oppressions -- White reign of terror -- To the storm, to the whirlwind -- Moral weakness in high places -- Mighty current. |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"This is a story about America and the shaping of its democratic values during the Reconstruction era, one of our country's most pivotal and misunderstood chapters. In this stirring account of the Civil War, emancipation, and the struggle for rights and reunion that followed, one of the premier US scholars delivers a book that is as illuminating as it is timely. Real-life accounts of heroism, grit, betrayal, and bravery drive this book's narrative, spanning America's history from 1861 to 1915 and drawing parallels with today. Topics include the destruction of slavery, the Reconstruction Amendments, and African American resilience in times of racial unrest. Notable figures cited throughout include Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, Henry Adams, Booker T. Washington, Harriet Jacobs, Charlotte Forten, W.E.B. Du Bois, and more. Here, you will come face-to-face with America's challenge to create a society in which black and white citizens could, after a violent civil war, find a lasting peace without new lines of inequality and separation being drawn. The people and events of that noble experiment, and its violent overthrow and eventual undermining in the Jim Crow era, are central to this story. In introducing them to young readers, Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., shares a history that remains vitally relevant to the challenges of our own time."--Dust jacket. |
| Audience |
Grades 4-6. |
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Ages 9-12. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- History -- 1863-1877 -- Juvenile literature.
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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Juvenile literature.
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African Americans -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
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African Americans -- Segregation -- Southern States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Young adult literature. |
| Alt Author |
Bolden, Tonya author.
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| Alt Title |
Reconstruction and the dawn of Jim Crow |
| LC CARD # |
2018016732 |
| ISBN |
9781338262049 hardcover alkaline paper : $19.99 |
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1338262041 hardcover alkaline paper |
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