Make good the promises : reclaiming Reconstruction and its legacies / edited by Kinshasha Holman Conwill and Paul Gardullo ; foreword by Eric Foner ; preface by Spencer R. Crew ; contributions by Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, Mary Elliott, Candra Flanagan, Katherine Franke, Thavolia Glymph [and 3 others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.), issuing body.

Conwill, Kinshasha, editor.

Gardullo, Paul, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--History--1863-1877.

African Americans.

History.

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877).

African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States--History--19th century.

African Americans--Southern States--Social conditions--19th century.

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Influence.

Social conditions.

African Americans--Civil rights.

Southern States.

Physical Description:

224 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]

Summary:

"An incisive and illuminating analysis of the enduring legacy of the post-Civil War period known as Reconstruction--a comprehensive story of Black Americans' struggle for human rights and dignity and the failure of the nation to fulfill its promises of freedom, citizenship, and justice"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Reconstructing America: An Overview / Thavolia Glymph

Timeline Reconstructing America: 1861-1896

Legacies of Liberation / Kimberle Williams Crenshaw

Legacies of Violence / Kidada E. Williams

Legacies of Repair / Katherine Franke

Legacies of Place / Mary Elliott

Legacies of Belief / Hasan Kwame Jeffries.

Notes:

"In association with the National Museum of African American History and Culture."

Companion volume to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture exhibit, opening September 2021.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-213) and index.

ISBN:

9780063160644

0063160641

OCLC:

1267595300

Publisher Number:

99988705342