In 'Stony The Road,' Henry Louis Gates Jr. Looks At The Period After Reconstruction

In his new book, the literary scholar presents an absorbing, necessary look at the "Redemption" era, in which the hard-fought gains of African Americans were rolled back by embittered Southern whites.

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