Dark sky rising : Reconstruction and the dawn of Jim Crow
(Book - Hardback)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-208) and index.

School Library Journal,,November 01, 2018

Horn Book Guide,,November 01, 2019

Booklist,,January 01, 2019

Kirkus Reviews,,November 15, 2018

"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.