Black Americans in Mourning: Reactions to the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

by Leonne M. Hudson

Centering Black grief in the aftermath of Lincoln's assassination

On April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth carried out the first presidential assassination in United States history. The euphoria resulting from General Lee's surrender evaporated at the news of Abraham Lincoln's murder. The nation--excepting many white Southerners--found itself consumed with grief, and no group mourned Lincoln more deeply than people of color. African...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809339544
• ISBN13: 9780809339549
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.7"