Multiple award-winning author Gates takes young readers on a journey through America\'s past and our nation\'s attempts at renewal in this look at the Civil War\'s conclusion, Reconstruction, and the rise of Jim Crow segregation.
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..
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.
Real-life accounts drive the narrative, spanning the half century between the Civil War and Birth of a Nation .
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.
This is a story about America during and after Reconstruction, one of history\'s most pivotal and misunderstood chapters. presents a journey through America\'s past and our nation\'s attempts at renewal in this look at the Civil War\'s conclusion, Reconstruction, and the rise of Jim Crow segregation.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Multiple award-winning author Gates takes young readers on a journey through America\'s past and our nation\'s attempts at renewal in this look at the Civil War\'s conclusion, Reconstruction, and the rise of Jim Crow segregation
