In the same style as the New York Times Best-Selling Who Was?
series, What Was? focuses on compelling historical events, great
battles, protests, and discoveries.
Learn about a pivotal time in American history and its momentous effects
on civil rights in America in this enlightening title about
Reconstruction.
Reconstruction -- the period after the Civil War -- was meant to give
newly freed Black people the same rights as white people. And indeed
there were monumental changes once slavery ended -- thriving new Black
communities, the first Black members in Congress, and a new sense of
dignity for many Black Americans. But this time of hope didn't last long
and instead, a deeply segregated United States continued on for another
hundred years. Find out what went wrong in this fascinating overview of
a troubled time.