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Black Reconstruction in America
W.E.B. Du Bois · 1935 · 776 pages
The pioneering work in the study of the role of Black Americans during Reconstruction by the most influential Black intellectual of his time.
This pioneering work was the first full-length study of the role black Americans played in the crucial period after the Civil War, when the slaves had been freed and the attempt was made to reconstruct American society. Hailed at the time, Black Reconstruction in America 1860–1880 has justly been called a classic.
This pioneering work was the first full-length study of the role black Americans played in the crucial period after the Civil War, when the slaves had been freed and the attempt was made to reconstruct American society. Hailed at the time, Black Reconstruction in America 1860–1880 has justly been called a classic.
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Isabel Wilkerson
“This revealing and comprehensive work by W.E.B. Du Bois, a towering figure of the 20th Century, examines a turning point in American history, the short-lived experiment and unmet hopes for a multi-racial democracy after the Civil War. As we look to better understand the historic forces beneath the insurrection of January 6, we would do well to consider how the country handled the missed opportunity of Reconstruction and the tragic consequences of those decisions, under which we labor to this day.”↗
