Freedom on trial : the first post-Civil War battle over civil rights and voter suppression /

Highlighting forgotten Black and white civil rights pioneers and weaving in the story of the author's own great-grandfather's crimes as a member of the Ku Klux Klan, Freedom on Trial tells a gripping story of a moment pregnant with promise when race relations in the United States might hav...

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Main Author:	Farris, Scott (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2020]
Subjects:	Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) African Americans > Civil rights > History > 19th century. African Americans > Suffrage > History > 19th century. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) United States > Race relations > History > 19th century. United States > Politics and government > 1869-1877. HISTORY / United States / General.

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Summary:	Highlighting forgotten Black and white civil rights pioneers and weaving in the story of the author's own great-grandfather's crimes as a member of the Ku Klux Klan, Freedom on Trial tells a gripping story of a moment pregnant with promise when race relations in the United States might have taken a dramatically different turn.
Physical Description:	xx, 361 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781493046355 1493046357