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Capitol men : the epic story of Reconstruction through the lives of the first Black congressmen / Philip Dray. |
| Authors: | Dray, Philip. |
| Call number: | 973.8 DRA |
| Publisher: | Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2008. |
| Publication date: | 2008. |
| Subject: |
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
African American legislators -- Biography. Social justice -- United States -- History -- 19th century. United States. Congress. House -- Biography. United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects -- History -- 19th century. Southern States -- Race relations -- Political aspects -- History -- 19th century. United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1900. Southern States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. |
| Title: | Capitol men : the epic story of Reconstruction through the lives of the first Black congressmen / Philip Dray. |
| Physical description: | xiii, 463 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents note: | Boat thief [Robert Smalls] -- A new kind of nation -- Daddy Cain -- "The whirligig of time" -- Kukluxery -- Pinch -- The Colfax Massacre -- Capstone of the reconstructed Republic -- Divided time -- The eternal fitness of things -- Black Thursday -- A dual house -- Exodusting -- A rope of sand -- "The negroes' farewell". |
| Summary note: | Pulitzer Prize finalist Philip Dray shines a light on a little known group of men: the nation's first black members of Congress. These men played a critical role in pushing for much-needed reforms in the wake of a traumatic civil war, including public education for all children, equal rights, and protection from Klan violence. But they have been either neglected or maligned by most historians--their "glorious failure" chalked up to corruption and "ill-preparedness."--From publisher description. |
| Biography note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [421]-437) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0618563709 9780618563708 |
| LCCN: | 2008011292 |
| Url for this record: | http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1178513 |
| Bib No.: | 1178513 |
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