Review Of Capitol Men: The Epic Story Of Reconstruction Through The Lives Of The First Black Congressmen By P. Dray

With complete narrative control Dray also locates the public history of Reconstruction\u27s openness to both black and white male political ambition against the counterpoint of white conspiracy and violence that, like termites, ate away at the foundation of the new era. [...] Dray does a fine job of carrying the stories past the Compromise of 1877, treating the Exodusters, the post-Reconstruction black congressmen, such as George H. White of North Carolina, and the final days of the men whose lives he chronicles