We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy

We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy

"We were eight years in power" was the lament of Reconstruction-era black politicians as the American experiment in multiracial democracy ended with the return of white supremacist rule in the South. …

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