Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. The crucible of war and emancipation
  • Democracy of the dead: the roots of black politics in the aftermath of the civil war
  • Ballots, bullets, and blood: celebration and militancy in the postwar south
  • Part II. The struggle for interracial democracy
  • Dark days: black congressmen confront the culture of the postwar congress
  • The emancipatory vision of civil rights in america: black policy during reconstruction
  • "Color-line politics" and the coming of redemption
  • PartIII. The changing of the guard
  • The politics of uncertainty: emigration and fusion in the new south
  • The last hurrah: the demise of black politics and the rise of the new order.