
Dark sky rising : Reconstruction and the dawn of Jim Crow / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. with Tonya Bolden.
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"This is a story about America during and after Reconstruction, one of history's most pivotal and misunderstood chapters. 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. Real-life accounts drive the narrative, spanning the half century between the Civil War and Birth of a Nation. 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. 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."--Provided by publisher.Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Age Hold Protection | Active/Create Date | Status | Due Date |
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Pendleton Public Library | 973.0496 G223 (Text) | 37801000625986 | Young Adult | Book | Branch_Only_3months | 03/13/2019 | Available | - |
Record details
- ISBN: 9781338262049
- ISBN: 1338262041
- Physical Description: 225 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Scholastic Focus, 2019.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-208) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Let freedom ring! -- Men of color to arms! -- Fraught with great difficulty -- Restored -- The ballot with which to save ourselves -- Go on with your oppressions -- White reign of terror -- To the storm, to the whirlwind -- Moral weakness in high places -- Mighty current. |
Summary, etc.: | "This is a story about America during and after Reconstruction, one of history's most pivotal and misunderstood chapters. 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. Real-life accounts drive the narrative, spanning the half century between the Civil War and Birth of a Nation. 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. 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."--Provided by publisher. |
Target Audience Note: | Grades 4-6. Ages 9-12. |
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Genre: | Nonfiction. History. Juvenile works. |