Democracy reborn : the Fourteenth Amendment and the fight for equal rights in post-Civil War America

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Democracy reborn : the Fourteenth Amendment and the fight for equal rights in post-Civil War America

Title remainder

the Fourteenth Amendment and the fight for equal rights in post-Civil War America

Statement of responsibility

Garrett Epps

Creator

• Epps, Garrett

Subject

• African Americans -- Civil rights | History
• Civil rights
• Civil rights -- United States -- History
• Constitution (United States)
• Equality before the law
• African Americans -- Civil rights
• History
• United States
• United States.
• Equality before the law -- United States

Genre

• History

Language

eng

Summary

• "The last battle of the Civil War wasn't fought at Appomattox by dashing generals or young soldiers but by middle-aged men in frock coats. Yet it was war all the same--a desperate struggle for the soul and future of the new American Republic that was rising from the ashes of Civil War. It was the battle that planted the seeds of democracy, under the bland heading "Amendment XIV." Scholars call it the "Second Constitution." Over time, the Fourteenth Amendment--which at last provided African Americans with full citizenship and prohibited any state from denying any citizen due process and equal protection under the law--changed almost every detail of our public life. Democracy Reborn tells the story of this desperate struggle, from the halls of Congress to the bloody streets of Memphis and New Orleans. Both a novelist and a constitutional scholar, Garrett Epps unfolds a powerful story against a panoramic portrait of America on the verge of a new era."--Publisher's website
• Describes the fierce battle that erupted in post-Civil War America over the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment, the implications of the revolutionary addition to the U.S. Constitution, and the colorful cast of characters involved--including Thaddeus Stevens, Charles Sumner, Frederick Douglass, and Susan B. Anthony

Awards note

Oregon Book Award for General Nonfiction, 2007.

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

342.7308/5

Illustrations

• illustrations
• portraits
• plates

Index

index present

LC call number

KF4757

LC item number

.E67 2006

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography