Congress and the First Civil Rights Era, 1861-1918

by Jeffery A. Jenkins

Book Overview

Civil rights legislation figured prominently in the agenda of Congress during the Civil War and Reconstruction. But as Reconstruction came to an end and discrimination against African Americans in the South became commonplace, civil rights advocates in Congress increasingly shifted to policies desired by white constituents in the North who had grown tired of efforts to legislate equality. In this book, the first of a two-volume set, Jeffery A. Jenkins...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022675636X
• ISBN13: 9780226756363
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"