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SUMMARY:Robert D. Bland in conversation with Claire Haley
DESCRIPTION:Not-Yet Member. $12.\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Member. $6.\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Insider. Free.\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\nOnline ticket sales close at 5pm EST on the day of the event. Tickets will be available at the door prior to the event start time. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nRequiem for Reconstruction  chronicles Reconstruction’s legacy by focusing on key Black figures such as South Carolina congressman Robert Smalls\, Judge William Whipper\, writer Frances Rollin\, and others who shaped postbellum Black America. \n\n\n\nRobert D. Bland traces the impact of the Reconstruction generation—Black Americans born between 1840 and 1870 who saw Reconstruction as a defining political movement and worked to preserve its legacy by establishing a new set of historical practices such as formulating new archives\, shaping local community counter narratives\, using the Black press to inform national audiences about Southern Republican politics\, and developing a framework to interpret the recent past’s connection to their present world. Set in South Carolina’s Lowcountry—a hub of Black freedom\, landownership\, and activism—this book shows how late nineteenth-century Black leaders\, educators\, and journalists built a powerful counter memory of Reconstruction\, defying the dominant white narrative that sought to erase their contributions.  \n\n\n\nLanguage provided by publisher. \n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n			About the Author\n\n			\n		\n	\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nRobert D. Bland is assistant professor of history and Africana studies at the University of Tennessee.   \n\n\n\n\n  Back to Top
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