Bibliograph

Dark sky rising, Reconstruction and the dawn of Jim Crow, by Henry Louis Gates, Jr ; with Tonya Bolden

Type

Label

Dark sky rising, Reconstruction and the dawn of Jim Crow, by Henry Louis Gates, Jr ; with Tonya Bolden

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 9-12

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Dark sky rising

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1034634538

resource.readingGradeLevel

Grades 4-6

Responsibility statement

by Henry Louis Gates, Jr ; with Tonya Bolden

Sub title

Reconstruction and the dawn of Jim Crow

Summary

"This is a story about America and the shaping of its democratic values during the Reconstruction era, one of our country's most pivotal and misunderstood chapters. In this stirring account of the Civil War, emancipation, and the struggle for rights and reunion that followed, one of the premier US scholars delivers a book that is as illuminating as it is timely. Real-life accounts of heroism, grit, betrayal, and bravery drive this book's narrative, spanning America's history from 1861 to 1915 and drawing parallels with today. Topics include the destruction of slavery, the Reconstruction Amendments, and African American resilience in times of racial unrest. Notable figures cited throughout include Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, Henry Adams, Booker T. Washington, Harriet Jacobs, Charlotte Forten, W.E.B. Du Bois, and more. Here, you will come face-to-face with America's challenge to create a society in which black and white citizens could, after a violent civil war, find a lasting peace without new lines of inequality and separation being drawn. The people and events of that noble experiment, and its violent overthrow and eventual undermining in the Jim Crow era, are central to this story. In introducing them to young readers, Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., shares a history that remains vitally relevant to the challenges of our own time."--Jacket

Table Of Contents

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

Target audience

juvenile

resource.variantTitle

Reconstruction and the dawn of Jim Crow

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