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August 23, 2021

5 HOT BOOKS: Anti-Chinese Discrimination, Frederick Douglass v. Andrew Johnson, and More

August 23, 2021/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Anti-Chinese Discrimination, Frederick Douglass v. Andrew Johnson, and More

And the Genius of Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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August 23, 2021/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Chinese Immigration, Reconstruction
May 16, 2021

REVIEW: Looking Back on America's First Civil Rights Movement

May 16, 2021/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Looking Back on America's First Civil Rights Movement

Today’s Civil Rights Advocacy is Part of a Mighty Stream Flowing from the Earliest Days of the Republic

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May 16, 2021/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Civil Rights, Civil Rights Movement, Reconstruction
May 24, 2019

REVIEW: A Very Timely History of Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

May 24, 2019/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A Very Timely History of Andrew Johnson's Impeachment

Brenda Wineapple’s New Book is One that Nancy Pelosi Might Want to Have on Her Nightstand

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May 24, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Andrew Johnson, Impeachment, Reconstruction
October 21, 2016

Q&A: Robert Hicks on His Novel About a Murder in the Reconstruction-Era South

October 21, 2016/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Robert Hicks on His Novel About a Murder in the Reconstruction-Era South

A Freed Slave and Midwife Vows to Hunt Down Her Son's Killer

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October 21, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Southern Literature, Civil War, Reconstruction, Tennessee, African-American Literature
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