Dark Sky Rising: Reconstruction and the Dawn of Jim Crow

This history examines the United States at the end of the Civil War, through Reconstruction, and into the rise of Jim Crow segregation. It explores attempts at national renewal during a period described as pivotal and often misunderstood. The narrative details African Americans’ struggle for emancipation and civil rights while confronting white supremacy. Archival photographs and illustrations accompany this account of Reconstruction and the forces that shaped the period after it.