Reading about Reconstruction
Please consider participating in this reading club event
To: oconee@yahoogroups.com
From: ppriest@charter.net
Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 14:47:39 -0400
Subject: [oconee] Reading about Reconstruction
Here's the information below about the community book group's final,
wonderful book in a series of books we've read this year to commemorate
the 150th anniversary of the Civil War's inception. (After this, we're
reading a couple of books about nature, including the well-regarded
"Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity
" by James Hansen.)
This month we're reading "A Short History of Reconstruction
." We think
times are hard and discouraging now! People working for the poor and for
African-Americans had a brief window for change, but many forces worked
against them.
We're meeting these days at Barbaritos on Epps Bridge Parkway at 7 PM.
Any earlier, and it's too busy and loud in there!
Please see the press release below for more information on this
interesting book by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, Eric Foner.
Sincerely,
Pat Priest
Member,
Oconee Democrats
-------------
May 25
7 PM
Barberitos
1880 Epps Bridge Parkway
The community book group sponsored by the Oconee Democrats will discuss
historian Eric Foner's "A Short History of Reconstruction" for its May
book. The New Republic described Foner's scholarship on Reconstruction
as "history written on a grand scale, a masterful treatment of one of
the most complex periods of American history."
The book is an abridged version of "
Reconstruction: America's Unfinished RevolutionReconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877
," which won a host of awards, including the Bancroft Prize
and the Los Angeles Times Book Award.
Foner teaches history at Columbia University, where his expertise also
encompasses the Civil War and the Republican party's early history. He
has won awards for his teaching and for his writing; his most recent
book, "The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery," won the
Pulitzer Prize and other awards.
"A Short History of Reconstruction" is about the turbulent period after
the Civil War when the south was in ruins and many newly freed slaves
hoped to live with new dignity and economic freedom. "Radical"
Republicans wrestled with President Andrew Johnson, who was often very
lenient toward white governors and others striving to reinstate severe
restrictions on black Americans.
Foner has co-curated award-winning exhibits about the Civil War and
Reconstruction at history museums around the country. He helped revise
the Hall of Presidents at Disney's Magic Kingdom and the Lincoln exhibit
at Disneyland and has assisted the National Park Service in shaping
displays at various historic sites.
Foner's father, Jack, was a historian who taught at City College in New
York before he was blacklisted for his support of anti-fascists in
Spain and his promotion of civil rights for African-Americans. Later, in
1941, he received an apology from the New York City Board of
Higher Education. His father gave history lectures to support the family.
The book group will meet Wednesday, May 25th, at 7 PM at the Barbaritos
on Epps Bridge Parkway. Participants do not need to be from Oconee
County or be Democrats to join the discussion about a period in which
people trying to help freed slaves and other poor people faced daunting
opposition.
For more information, contact patricia.priest@yahoo.com.
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Sincerely,
Dan MatthewsFrom: ppriest@charter.net
Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 14:47:39 -0400
Subject: [oconee] Reading about Reconstruction
Here's the information below about the community book group's final,
wonderful book in a series of books we've read this year to commemorate
the 150th anniversary of the Civil War's inception. (After this, we're
reading a couple of books about nature, including the well-regarded
"Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity
" by James Hansen.)This month we're reading "A Short History of Reconstruction
." We thinktimes are hard and discouraging now! People working for the poor and for
African-Americans had a brief window for change, but many forces worked
against them.
We're meeting these days at Barbaritos on Epps Bridge Parkway at 7 PM.
Any earlier, and it's too busy and loud in there!
Please see the press release below for more information on this
interesting book by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, Eric Foner.
Sincerely,
Pat Priest
Member,
Oconee Democrats
-------------
May 25
7 PM
Barberitos
1880 Epps Bridge Parkway
The community book group sponsored by the Oconee Democrats will discuss
historian Eric Foner's "A Short History of Reconstruction
" for its Maybook. The New Republic described Foner's scholarship on Reconstruction
as "history written on a grand scale, a masterful treatment of one of
the most complex periods of American history."
The book is an abridged version of "
Reconstruction: America's Unfinished RevolutionReconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877
," which won a host of awards, including the Bancroft Prizeand the Los Angeles Times Book Award.
Foner teaches history at Columbia University, where his expertise also
encompasses the Civil War and the Republican party's early history. He
has won awards for his teaching and for his writing; his most recent
book, "The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery," won the
Pulitzer Prize and other awards.
"A Short History of Reconstruction" is about the turbulent period after
the Civil War when the south was in ruins and many newly freed slaves
hoped to live with new dignity and economic freedom. "Radical"
Republicans wrestled with President Andrew Johnson, who was often very
lenient toward white governors and others striving to reinstate severe
restrictions on black Americans.
Foner has co-curated award-winning exhibits about the Civil War and
Reconstruction at history museums around the country. He helped revise
the Hall of Presidents at Disney's Magic Kingdom and the Lincoln exhibit
at Disneyland and has assisted the National Park Service in shaping
displays at various historic sites.
Foner's father, Jack, was a historian who taught at City College in New
York before he was blacklisted for his support of anti-fascists in
Spain and his promotion of civil rights for African-Americans. Later, in
1941, he received an apology from the New York City Board of
Higher Education. His father gave history lectures to support the family.
The book group will meet Wednesday, May 25th, at 7 PM at the Barbaritos
on Epps Bridge Parkway. Participants do not need to be from Oconee
County or be Democrats to join the discussion about a period in which
people trying to help freed slaves and other poor people faced daunting
opposition.
For more information, contact patricia.priest@yahoo.com.
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