LEADER 02825nam 2200541 450 001 9910554277503321 005 20220516184650.0 010 $a0-226-75653-X 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226756530 035 $a(CKB)4940000000601065 035 $a(DE-B1597)589004 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226756530 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6549801 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6549801 035 $a(OCoLC)1246576481 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0002428701 035 $a(EXLCZ)994940000000601065 100 $a20210217d2021 fy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCongress and the first Civil Rights era, 1861-1918 /$fJeffery A. Jenkins and Justin Peck$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aChicago :$cThe University of Chicago Press,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (320 p.) $c14 halftones, 10 tables 225 1 $aChicago scholarship online 300 $aAlso issued in print: 2021. 311 $a0-226-75622-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tAbbreviations --$t1 * Introduction --$t2 * The Civil War Years, 1861?1865 --$t3 * The Early Reconstruction Era, 1865?1871 --$t4 * The Demise of Reconstruction, 1871?1877 --$t5 * The Redemption Era, 1877?1891 --$t6 * The Wilderness Years, 1891?1918 --$t7 * Conclusion --$tIndex 330 8 $aIn this text, the first of a two-volume set, Jeffrey A. Jenkins and Justin Peck explore the hereto mostly unexamined history of the rise and fall of civil rights legislation in Congress from 1861 to 1918. The authors argue that the waxing and waning of civil rights efforts in Congress is directly tied to whether African American voters were able to influence Congressional elections. As long as African American voters could deliver seats in the south to the Republicans, the party paid attention to their needs. But, after the end of Reconstruction and with the disenfranchisement of African Americans, Congressional Republicans lost interest in civil rights laws. 410 0$aChicago scholarship online. 606 $aCivil rights movements$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights$xHistory 606 $aAfrican Americans$xPolitical activity$xHistory 615 0$aCivil rights movements$xHistory. 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights$xHistory. 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xPolitical activity$xHistory. 676 $a323.1196073 700 $aJenkins$b Jeffery A.$01111487 702 $aPeck$b Justin 801 0$bStDuBDS 801 1$bStDuBDS 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910554277503321 996 $aCongress and the first Civil Rights era, 1861-1918$92815936 997 $aUNINA