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   Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow

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   Henry Louis Gates Jr. 

   

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   "Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow" by Henry Louis Gates Jr. delves into the post-Civil War era in the United States, focusing on the struggles faced by African Americans for equality amidst the violent counter-revolution that aimed to subjugate them. Through a war of images and ideas, Gates illustrates the enduring racist stain on the American psyche, portraying how African Americans have fought against white supremacist and racist acts to secure their rights and humanity. examines the failure of Reconstruction in the South, the impact of Jim Crow laws, and the systematic oppression faced by African Americans in the quest for equality.
   

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   The writing of this book was occasioned by a documentary film series that I was producing for PBS concerning the period after the Civil War known as Reconstruction (1865–1877)—when the United States, ...

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