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The Reconstruction that wasn't: A new book aims to bust post-Civil War myths

Por: Los Angeles Times Entertainment January 17, 2023

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When Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant after the Battle of Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865, the South’s defeat in the Civil War had been all but assured. But as author Kidada E. Williams reminds us in her shattering new book, “I Saw Death Coming,” another insidious shadow war was just beginning. For Black people in the South, the war’s end was merely a false dawn, with more horrors awaiting them. In her powerful and... + full article



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