Previously released in different form by Scholastic Audiobooks. Read by James Shippy.
Summary:
Investigates the history of the Reconstruction era following the Civil War and the efforts to secure newly freed slaves and later generations of African Americans the right to vote. Explores the partisan fighting over the Constitution and legislature--with Constitutional Amendments, Reconstruction Acts, Civil Rights Acts, and Enforcement Acts being needed--to finally secure the vote for black Americans.
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