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Author Dray, Philip.

Title Capitol men : the epic story of Reconstruction through the lives of the first Black congressmen / Philip Dray.

Publication Info. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2008.

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  973.81 DRAY    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  973.8 DRA    Storage
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  973.8 DRA    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  973.8 DRA    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  973.8 DRAY    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  973.8 D79    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  973.81 D768C    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  973.8 DRAY    Check Shelf
Description xiii, 463 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [421]-437) and index.
Contents Boat thief [Robert Smalls] -- A new kind of nation -- Daddy Cain -- "The whirligig of time" -- Kukluxery -- Pinch -- The Colfax Massacre -- Capstone of the reconstructed Republic -- Divided time -- The eternal fitness of things -- Black Thursday -- A dual house -- Exodusting -- A rope of sand -- "The negroes' farewell".
Summary Pulitzer Prize finalist Philip Dray shines a light on a little known group of men: the nation's first black members of Congress. These men played a critical role in pushing for much-needed reforms in the wake of a traumatic civil war, including public education for all children, equal rights, and protection from Klan violence. But they have been either neglected or maligned by most historians--their "glorious failure" chalked up to corruption and "ill-preparedness."--From publisher description.
Subject Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
African American legislators -- Biography.
United States. Congress. House -- Biography.
Social justice -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects -- History -- 19th century.
Southern States -- Race relations -- Political aspects -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1900.
Southern States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
ISBN 9780618563708
0618563709
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