Stony the Road: Reconstruction, ****, and the Rise of Jim Crow by Henry Louis Gates

Pat Young

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Stony the Road: Reconstruction, ****, and the Rise of Jim Crow by Henry Louis Gates published by Penguin Press (2019) 320 pages $30.00 Hardcover $14.99 Kindle.
When I purchased this brand new book by Henry Louis Gates, I assumed that it was the companion volume to his documentary "Reconstruction" now showing on PBS. I thought that it would be the more scholarly, written version of the television program. It is not. This might disappoint some folks while it might encourage others to read it.

I usually don't like to open a review by telling you what a book is not, but I think I have to in this case. This is not a comprehensive history of the Reconstruction Era, or of ****, or of Jim Crow. It is an extended essay on topics within all three of those areas, but unlike the documentary, it is not a blow-by-blow account of any of them.

It is not an updating of Foner or a substitute for his volume.

Note: This review will be posted in several installments.

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