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2 reviews for:
Reconstruction in America: Racial Violence after the Civil War, 1865-1876
Equal Justice Initiative
4.5 AVERAGE
2 reviews for:
Reconstruction in America: Racial Violence after the Civil War, 1865-1876
Equal Justice Initiative
4.5 AVERAGE
To combat racial injustice, we must confront our history. I'm persuaded that no other period in the history of the US is as crucial to understand as the Reconstruction Era IF we truly want to understand the legacies of slavery that not only exist today, but that permeate every institution and system in our country. Not one is exempt.
Back in high school, I was taught that slavery ended at the end of the Civil War and African Americans were then on close-to-equal footing. What a farce! Over the many years since then, as I've educated myself on the non-whitewashed history of our country, it's only been in the past half-decade that I've come to understand how significant the Reconstruction Era is in relationship to what's happening in the 21st century regarding justice and race. We have to know our history to successfully confront and to combat racism. We have to make the connections to the past to be better equipped to dismantle racist polices and challenge racist ideas.
I find it difficult to rate a book like this. It was exceptionally well-researched. The structure worked to present the research in compelling and convincing ways. I did find it repetitive in several sections and wished that EJI had spent more time in the main text on the northern response to all that happened during Reconstruction. Yet, I would highly recommend this for an in-depth and sobering look at the disaster that was the Reconstruction Era.
Back in high school, I was taught that slavery ended at the end of the Civil War and African Americans were then on close-to-equal footing. What a farce! Over the many years since then, as I've educated myself on the non-whitewashed history of our country, it's only been in the past half-decade that I've come to understand how significant the Reconstruction Era is in relationship to what's happening in the 21st century regarding justice and race. We have to know our history to successfully confront and to combat racism. We have to make the connections to the past to be better equipped to dismantle racist polices and challenge racist ideas.
I find it difficult to rate a book like this. It was exceptionally well-researched. The structure worked to present the research in compelling and convincing ways. I did find it repetitive in several sections and wished that EJI had spent more time in the main text on the northern response to all that happened during Reconstruction. Yet, I would highly recommend this for an in-depth and sobering look at the disaster that was the Reconstruction Era.
Reconstruction in America -- finished 6/27/2024
Additional reports by Equal Justice Initiative that are not in the Goodreads database:
Race and the Jury - started 6/27/2024
Additional reports by Equal Justice Initiative that are not in the Goodreads database:
Race and the Jury - started 6/27/2024