Dark Sky Rising: Reconstruction and the Dawn of Jim Crow (Scholastic Focus)

by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Tonya Bolden

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. presents a journey through America's past and our nation's attempts at renewal in this look at the Civil War's conclusion, Reconstruction, and the rise of Jim Crow segregation.

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.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1338262041

ISBN13:9781338262049

Release Date:January 2019

Publisher:Scholastic Focus

Length:240 Pages

Weight:0.98 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 5.7" x 8.3"

Age Range:9 to 12 years

Grade Range:Grades 4 to 7

Related Subjects

American History Emancipation Proclamation Jim Crow Laws Racial Discrimination Reconstruction Era Segregation The Civil Rights Movement Non-Fiction 9 - 12 Years Children's

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