WSJ’s Top Book Recommendations-Cary Regional

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1. The failed promise: Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the impeachment of Andrew Johnson

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Author:
Levine, Robert S. (Robert Steven), 1953-
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"The absorbing narrative of Frederick Douglass's heated struggle with President Andrew Johnson reveals a new perspective on Reconstruction's demise. When Andrew Johnson rose to the presidency after Abraham Lincoln's assassination, African Americans were optimistic that Johnson would pursue aggressive federal policies for Black equality. Just a year earlier, Johnson had cast himself as a 'Moses' for the Black community. Frederick Douglass, the country's...