Black Politics in the Post–Civil War South
by
Luis-Alejandro Dinnella-Borrego
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2016
Examining the careers of six black congressmen in the post-Civil War South, the author finds—contrary to much scholarly opinion—that these elected officials represented their constituents effectively while working in tandem with unelected black leaders such as Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Timothy Thomas Fortune, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Booker T. Washington.