Title: Climbing up to glory
First published: 2002
Description: Jenkins (history, Temple U.) describes the experiences of ordinary African Americans as they reinvented their lives after the abolition of slavery. Topics include, for example, the reunification of families, the efforts of blacks to educate themselves, the struggle to gain economic independence, and the formation of black churches. The text is accompanied throughout by b&w photographs and other illustrations. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Subjects: History, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Reconstruction, Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877), African Americans, African americans, history, to 1863, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, african americans, American Civil War, Reconstruction (u.s. history, 1865-1877)
Places: United States
Time periods: 1863-1877, Civil War, 1861-1865, To 1863
LC classification: E185.2 .J46 2002