African Americans in the Reconstruction Era (Studies in African American History and Culture)

Explores The Role African-americans Played In The Reconstruction Era And Explains Why There Is Often Discrimination Against African-americans In American History. Ch. 1. Origins Of Discrimination Against African Americans -- Ch. 2. Issues Affecting African Americans And African American Reconstruction -- Ch. 3. Issues Affecting African Americans And White Reconstruction -- Ch. 4. African American Issues And Congressional Reconstruction -- Ch. 5. Withering Of The New Democracy -- Ch. 6. Heritage Of Reconstruction. Chungchan Gao. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 303-314) And Index. This ethnographic study explores the status of African Americans during the Reconstruction era, examining the particularities of such topics as race relations, social systems, legal systems, and economic and political status. Rather than dealing with the status of African Americans as an isolated human rights issue, Gao examines the African American role in American society in the context of American society, particularly paying attention to the intellectual roots of the belief system of white and black Americans during the Reconstruction. The self-consciousness of white men was not merely a result of their contact with blacks, but it was a self-identity long maintained in English culture. First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.