Make good the promises : reclaiming Reconstruction and its legacies / edited by Kinshasha Holman Conwill and Paul Gardullo ; foreword by Eric Foner ; preface by Spencer R. Crew ; contributions by Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, Mary Elliott, Candra Flanagan, Katherine Franke, Thavolia Glymph, Hasan Kwame Jeffries, Kathleen M. Kendrick, and Kidada E. Williams.

"An incisive and illuminating analysis of the enduring legacy of the post-Civil War period known as Reconstruction--a comprehensive story of Black Americans' struggle for human rights and dignity and the failure of the nation to fulfill its promises of freedom, citizenship, and justice"--

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) (Issuing body)
Other Authors:	Conwill, Kinshasha (Editor) Gardullo, Paul (Editor, Contributor) Foner, Eric, 1943- (writer for foreword.) Crew, Spencer R., 1949- (Contributor) Flanagan, Candra (Contributor) Kendrick, Kathleen M. (Contributor) Glymph, Thavolia, 1951- (Contributor) Crenshaw, Kimberlé (Contributor) Williams, Kidada E. (Contributor) Franke, Katherine (Contributor) Elliott, Mary (Mary N.) (Contributor) Jeffries, Hasan Kwame, 1973- (Contributor)
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2021.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	African Americans > History > 1863-1877. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) African Americans > Civil rights > Southern States > History > 19th century. African Americans > Southern States > Social conditions > 19th century. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > Influence. HISTORY / Social History. HISTORY / African American & Black. HISTORY / United States / 19th Century. African Americans. African Americans > Civil rights. African Americans > Social conditions. Southern States. 1800-1899 History. Exhibition catalogs. Illustrated works.
Genre:	History. Exhibition catalogs. Illustrated works.
Physical Description:	224 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Format:	Book

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