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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.

Edition:

1st Mariner Books ed.

Publisher:

Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Co.,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xiii, 463 p. : ill., ports. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
African American legislators--Biography.
United States.--House--House--Biography.
Social justice--United States--History--19th century.
United States--History--Political aspects--History--19th century.
Southern States--History--Political aspects--History--19th century.
United States--Politics and government--1865-1900.
Southern States--Politics and government--1865-1950.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [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.

ISBN:

0547247974
9780547247977

OCLC:

(OCoLC)317917969

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)