"give[s] a rare perspective on African-American history." -- Choice
Chapter 1 The Origins of Discrimination against African Americans; Chapter 2 Issues Affecting African Americans and African American Reconstruction; Chapter 3 Issues Affecting African Americans and White Reconstruction; Chapter 4 African American Issues and Congressional Reconstruction; Chapter 5 The Withering of the New Democracy; Chapter 6 The Heritage of Reconstruction; concl Conclusion;