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Please sign in again so you can continue to borrow titles and access your Loans, Wish list, and Holds pages. The abolition of slavery in the aftermath of the Civil War is a familiar story, as is the civil rights revolution that transformed the nation after World War II. Stony the Road lifts the rug." NAACP Community Book Read: Stony the Road by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Wednesday 9/11, 7 pm. But the century in between remains a mystery: if emancipation sparked "a new birth of freedom" in Lincoln's America, why was it necessary to march in Martin Luther King, Jr.'s America? . Please add your card again, or add a different card. In our current politics we recognize African-American history—the spot under our country’s rug where the terrorism and injustices of white supremacy are habitually swept. In partnership with the Chapel Hill-Carrboro chapter of the NAACP and the Chapel Hill Public Library, Flyleaf invites your participation in a community book read and discussion of Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow. Important Notice about Copyrighted Materials. An essential tour through one of America's fundamental historical tragedies, Stony the Road is also a story of heroic resistance, as figures such as W. E. B. Sign up to get exclusive offers, the best in books & more. Please see your welcome email for exclusions and details. In this new book, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., one of our leading chroniclers of the African-American experience, seeks to answer that question in a history that moves from the Reconstruction Era to the "nadir" of the African-American experience under Jim Crow, through to World War I and the Harlem Renaissance. You may unsubscribe at any time. It is the history we are doomed to repeat if we remain unwilling to build a democracy at peace with itself in America, a democracy that respects the dignity and worth of every human being." If you're still having trouble, follow these steps to sign in. Two Times of Year: Autumn and Waiting for Autumn, Important Notice about Copyrighted Materials. Your session has expired. The following ISBNs are associated with this title: Sign up to get exclusive offers, the best in books & more.Plus, enjoy 10% off your next online purchase over $50.†. Please add your card again, or add a different card. —Nell Irvin Painter, New York Times Book Review A profound new rendering of the struggle by African-Americans for equality after the Civil War and the violent counter-revolution that resubjugated them, as seen through the prism of the war of images and ideas that have left an enduring racist stain on the American mind. The library card you previously added can't be used to complete this action. Links to this item. The retreat from Reconstruction was followed by one of the most violent periods in our history, with thousands of black people murdered or lynched and many more afflicted by the degrading impositions of Jim Crow segregation. Details. If you receive an error message, please contact your library for help.

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. In our current politics we recognize African-American history—the spot under our country's rug where the terrorism and injustices of white supremacy are habitually swept. Learn a language, Check out what's being checked out right now, Important Notice about Copyrighted Materials. The story Gates tells begins with great hope, with the Emancipation Proclamation, Union victory, and the liberation of nearly 4 million enslaved African-Americans. Your session has expired. † Conditions apply. The collection raises questions and proposes responses to the crisis of understanding in economic and political life, as well as the cultural narrative that America welcomes strangers. Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow. Stony the Road lifts the rug." Until 1877, the federal government, goaded by the activism of Frederick Douglass and many others, tried at various turns to sustain their new rights. But the terror unleashed by white paramilitary groups in the former Confederacy, combined with deteriorating economic conditions and a loss of Northern will, restored "home rule" to the South. Have a card?

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