Black Reconstruction in America, 1860-1880
by W. E. B. Du Bois
Buy on AmazonDu Bois showed how — far from the tragic era as Jim Crow historians had framed it for decades — formerly enslaved people and antiracist whites came together to form new Southern governments that attempted to spread power to the people.
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"Du Bois showed how — far from the tragic era as Jim Crow historians had framed it for decades — formerly enslaved people and antiracist whites came together to form new Southern governments that attempted to spread power to the people."
By the Book: Ibram X Kendi · nytimes.com