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Series
Library of America volume 350
Publisher
The Library of America
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xii, 1085 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
A definitive edition of the landmark book that forever changed our understanding of the Civil War's aftermath and the legacy of racism in America. Upon publication in 1935, W.E.B. Du Bois's now classic Black Reconstruction offered a revelatory new assessment of Reconstruction--and of American democracy itself. One of the towering African American thinkers and activists of the twentieth century, Du Bois brought all his intellectual powers to bear on...
Author
Publisher
The Free Press
Pub. Date
1998.
Physical Desc
xvii, 746 pages ; 21 cm.
Description
Presents scholar and activist W.E.B. Du Bois's examination of the roles of African-Americans in post-Civil War Reconstruction, and argues that freed slaves, given their lack of experience and resources, acted responsibly and intelligently in their efforts to help rebuild the country and their lives.
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