Acclaimed historian Mary Frances Berry resurrects the remarkable story of ex-slave Callie House who; seventy years before the civil-rights movement; demanded reparations for ex-slaves. A widowed Nashville washerwoman and mother of five; House (1861-1928) went on to fight for African American pensions based on those offered to Union soldiers; brilliantly targeting $68 million in taxes on seized rebel cotton and demanding it as repayment for centuries of unpaid labor. Here is the fascinating story of a forgotten civil rights crusader: a woman who emerges as a courageous pioneering activist; a forerunner of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King; Jr.
#105710 in Books Thomas Fleming 2014-06-03 2014-06-03Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x 1.00 x 6.00l; 1.00 #File Name: 0306822954384 pagesA Disease in the Public Mind
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful. A very interesting bit of HistoryBy Rich MarshWhy did the Americans fight their Civil War? It isn't what you've heard all your life. Flemming looks at what people at the time actually said; and it is his contention that the facts of the matter were not visible to most proponents. Bombast and verbal domination overruled the facts on the ground.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. I can't say I agree with all of ideas expressed ...By John BeyerleinI can't say I agree with all of ideas expressed; but it is an impressive piece of work. It is filled with facts I was not aware of in early American history. It is worth the price and worth the time it takes to read. It's a five star.16 of 17 people found the following review helpful. Very balanced; very fairBy The ProfessorThis book is objective; fair and unsparing in its criticism of people who ought to have known better than to say and do what they did. A very thought-provoking examination of the unfolding of the tragedy that was the War Between the States also known as the American Civil War. Well written.
