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Capitol Men: The Epic Story of Reconstruction Through the Lives of the First Black Congressmen
Philip Dray
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| #990365 in Books | 2010-02-11 | 2010-02-11 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.00 x1.20 x5.25l,.96 | File type: PDF | 480 pages||24 of 24 people found the following review helpful.| Long Overdue!|By M. A Newman|This is the first history, to the best of my knowledge which addresses the careers of the first African American congressmen who attempted to fulfill the notion of post civil war democracy and equality as embodied by the 13th 14th and 15th Amendments. It is a study that is long overdue.
Paul Lawrence Dunbar once observed that "some men|From Publishers Weekly|Starred . With this densely textured history of Reconstruction, Pulitzer Prize–finalist Dray (At the Hands of Persons Unknown) moves the first black congressmen—including Robert Brown Elliott, P.B.S. Pinchback and Hiram
Reconstruction was a time of idealism and sweeping change, as the victorious Union created citizenship rights for the freed slaves and granted the vote to black men. Sixteen black Southerners, elected to the U.S. Congress, arrived in Washington to advocate reforms such as public education, equal rights, land distribution, and the suppression of the Ku Klux Klan. But these men faced astounding odds. They were belittled as corrupt and inadequate by their white ...
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