Black Reconstruction in America
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Black Reconstruction in America is W. E. B. Du Bois’s landmark historical study that reinterprets the Reconstruction era as a period of Black political agency and class struggle, challenging dominant racist narratives in U.S. historiography.
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| Black Reconstruction in America canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Black Reconstruction in America Context triple: [W. E. B. Du Bois, notableWork, Black Reconstruction in America]
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Target entity: Black Reconstruction in America Target entity description: Black Reconstruction in America is W. E. B. Du Bois’s landmark historical study that reinterprets the Reconstruction era as a period of Black political agency and class struggle, challenging dominant racist narratives in U.S. historiography.
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A.
A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States
A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States is a mid-19th-century travel narrative and social commentary that examines the economy, society, and conditions of slavery in the American South.
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B.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves is a multi-volume collection of first-person accounts by formerly enslaved people, compiled in the 1930s and 1940s and regarded as one of the most important primary sources on American slavery.
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C.
The Myth of the Negro Past
The Myth of the Negro Past is a pioneering 1941 anthropological study by Melville J. Herskovits that challenged prevailing racist assumptions by documenting the enduring African cultural heritage among African Americans.
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D.
Negro Life at the South
"Negro Life at the South" is an 1859 genre painting by American artist Eastman Johnson that depicts the everyday lives of enslaved African Americans in a Washington, D.C. backyard, offering a complex, nuanced view of slavery on the eve of the Civil War.
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E.
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass is the third and most comprehensive autobiography of the famed abolitionist and orator, chronicling his life from enslavement through his later political and diplomatic career.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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history book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
African American studies
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history ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| author | W. E. B. Du Bois ⓘ |
| centralThesis |
Reconstruction era
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surface form:
Reconstruction was a period of significant Black political participation and leadership
class conflict between labor and capital shaped Reconstruction outcomes ⓘ formerly enslaved people played a decisive role in the destruction of slavery ⓘ racist historiography distorted the history of Reconstruction ⓘ |
| challenges | Dunning School interpretation of Reconstruction ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticizes |
use of history as propaganda
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white supremacist narratives of Reconstruction ⓘ |
| describesAs | Reconstruction as a "brief moment in the sun" for Black freedom ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
agency of Black workers
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importance of universal public education in Reconstruction ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Black political agency
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labor and class relations ⓘ role of formerly enslaved people in Reconstruction ⓘ |
| genre |
historical study
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scholarly monograph ⓘ |
| hasPart |
chapter "The Black Worker"
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chapter "The General Strike" ⓘ chapter "The Propaganda of History" ⓘ |
| hasReissue |
1960s edition with new scholarly attention
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modern editions published by various academic presses ⓘ |
| influenced |
African American studies
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Marxist interpretations of U.S. history ⓘ Reconstruction historiography ⓘ critical race theory ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
African American history
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Reconstruction era ⓘ United States history ⓘ class struggle ⓘ historiography ⓘ slavery in the United States ⓘ |
| notableFor |
challenging the Dunning School consensus on Reconstruction
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early use of a class analysis of U.S. history ⓘ reframing Reconstruction as a revolutionary democratic experiment ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1935 ⓘ |
| publisher | Harper & Brothers ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
1860s
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1870s ⓘ American Civil War ⓘ Reconstruction era ⓘ |
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