Freedom's Coming: Religious Culture and the Shaping of the South from the Civil War through the Civil Rights Era 1469606429, 9781469606422

American Oracle : The Civil War in the Civil Rights Era [1 ed.] 9780674062702, 9780674048553

David Blight takes his readers back to the Civil War's centennial celebration to determine how Americans made sense

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Journal of the Civil War Era 9780807852606

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The Civil War in the Border South : Civil War in the Border South 9780275995034, 9780275995027

By studying the characteristics of those positioned along this fault line during the Civil War, the centrality of the wa

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Schooling the Movement: The Activism of Southern Black Educators from Reconstruction through the Civil Rights Era 1643363743, 9781643363745

A fresh examination of teacher activism during the civil rights movement Southern Black educators were central contribu

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Civil Rights in New York City: From World War II to the Giuliani Era 9780823237463

Since the 1960s, most U.S. History has been written as if the civil rights movement were primarily or entirely a Souther

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Washington Brotherhood: Politics, Social Life, and the Coming of the Civil War (Civil War America) [Illustrated] 1469626500, 9781469626505

Traditional portrayals of politicians in antebellum Washington, D.C., describe a violent and divisive society, full of a

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Congress and the First Civil Rights Era, 1861-1918 9780226756530

Civil rights legislation figured prominently in the agenda of Congress during the Civil War and Reconstruction. But as R

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Harriet Tubman: Slavery, the Civil War, and Civil Rights in the 19th Century 1135948976, 9781135948979

Escaped slave, Civil War spy, scout, and nurse, and champion of women's suffrage, Harriet Tubman is an icon of hero

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Contraband Guides: Race, Transatlantic Culture, and the Arts in the Civil War Era 9780271088228

In his best-selling travel memoir, The Innocents Abroad, Mark Twain punningly refers to the black man who introduces him

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Confederate Cities: The Urban South during the Civil War Era 9780226300344

When we talk about the Civil War, we often describe it in terms of battles that took place in small towns or in the coun

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