Dark Sky Rising: Reconstruction and the Dawn of Jim Crow - by Henry Louis Gates Jr (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Henry Louis Gates, Jr. presents a journey through America's past and our nation's attempts at renewal in this look at the Civil War's conclusion, Reconstruction, and the rise of Jim Crow segregation.<p></p>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 <i>Birth of a Nation</i>. 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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>*Lyrical...Brings depth to history.-<i>School Library Journal</i>, starred reviewBeautifully conceived and written. <i>Dark Sky Rising: Reconstruction and the Dawn of Jim Crow</i> is the right book at the right time. It's beyond necessary.-Holly Goldberg Sloan, New York Times bestselling author, <i>Counting by 7s</i>Brilliant and more necessary now than ever before. This is a book that should be on every bedside table and in every classroom in America. It's a history that belongs to all of us. In Gates's and Bolden's hands, it is a deeply comprehensive, beautifully illustrated, and moving narrative of survival.-Jacqueline Woodson, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, National Book Award Winner for <i>Brown Girl Dreaming</i><b>Praise for Henry Louis Gates, Jr.</b>Emmy Award Winner for Outstanding Historical Program -- Long Form, for <i>The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross</i>Peabody Award Winner for <i>The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross</i>Featured among Time magazine's 25 Most Influential AmericansIncluded in Ebony magazine's 100 Most Influential Black AmericansNamed a MacArthur FellowWinner of four NAACP Image AwardsSelected as a National Humanities medalistElected to the American Academy of Arts & LettersChosen as the National Endowment for the Humanities Jefferson LecturerInducted into the Sons of the American Revolution<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard. He is an acclaimed author and critic who has unearthed literary gems. He also has produced, written, and hosted an array of documentary films for public television, including <i>Africa's Great Civilizations</i>, <i>Finding Your Roots</i>, <i>Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise</i>, and <i>The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross</i>. Gates is the recipient of 55 honorary degrees and numerous prizes. A member of the first class awarded genius grants by the MacArthur Foundation in 1981, he was, in 1998, the first African American scholar to be awarded the National Humanities Medal. In addition, he was named to <i>Time</i>'s 25 Most Influential Americans list in 1997, <i>Ebony</i>'s Power 150 list in 2009, and <i>Ebony</i>'s Power 100 list in 2010 and 2012.
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