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Dark sky rising : Reconstruction and the dawn of Jim Crow  Cover Image Book Book

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

Summary:

"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.

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 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.
Target Audience Note:
Grades 4-6.
Ages 9-12.
Subject: African Americans > History > 1863-1877.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877).
African Americans > Social conditions > 19th century.
African Americans > Segregation > Southern States > History.
Southern States > Race relations > History.

Available copies

  • 4 of 4 copies available at Kenton County.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Covington Branch 973.0496 G259d 2019 (Text) 33126024213278 Display Available -
Erlanger Branch 973.0496 G259d, 2019 (Text) 33126022739449 YA Nonfiction Available -
Erlanger Branch 973.0496 G259d 2019 (Text) 33126024213294 YA Nonfiction Available -
Independence Branch 973.0496 G259d 2019 (Text) 33126024213286 YA Nonfiction Available -


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