02271cam a2200385 i 4500 368968714 TxGeo 20190104120000.0 180405s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781338262049 hbk. 1338262041 hbk. (OCoLC)1034634538 TxGeo rda Gates, Henry Louis, (Jr.) Dark sky rising : Reconstruction and the dawn of Jim Crow / by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. with Tonya Bolden. Reconstruction and the dawn of Jim Crow. First edition. New York, NY : Scholastic Focus, [2019] 225 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-208) and index. "This is a story about America during and after Reconstruction, one of history's most pivotal and misunderstood chapters. In a stirring account of emancipation, the struggle for citizenship and national reunion, and the advent of racial segregation, the renowned Harvard scholar delivers a book that is illuminating and timely. Real-life accounts drive the narrative, spanning the half century between the Civil War and Birth of a Nation. Here, you will come face-to-face with the people and events of Reconstruction's noble democratic experiment, its tragic undermining, and the drawing of a new "color line" in the long Jim Crow era that followed. In introducing young readers to them, and to the resiliency of the African American people at times of progress and betrayal, Professor Gates shares a history that remains vitally relevant today."--Provided by publisher. Grades 4-6. Ages 9-12. 20190206. African Americans Segregation Southern States History. African Americans History 1863-1877. African Americans Social conditions 19th century. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877.) Southern States Race relations History. Bolden, Tonya. QS5