1- the heart of darkness/ the secret sharer- joseph conrad
2- blacking up; the minstrel show in 19th century america- robert c toll
3- the subterraneans/ pic- jack kerouac
4- judgement of paris: california v france and the historic 1976 paris tasting that revolutionized wine- george m. taber
5- tao te ching- lao tzu
6- sex at dawn: the prehistoric origins of modern sexuality- christopher ryan and cadilda jetha
7- diary of a madman and other stories- nikolai gogol
8- wars of reconstruction- douglas egerton. nice going andrew johnson. the accidental president. the confederacy breathed a heavy sigh, laid down their arms and was ready to submit to union terms but that's never how wars end is it? instead, he kept out of the way while the south quickly reestablished antebellum order, which it seems like was what he wanted all along.
it's hard to picture, what with all the atrocities (may not even be a word for it) committed upon those campaigning for not only civil rights but plain old decency, that reconstruction wasn't an abject failure. an economic downturn in the early 1870's turned much of the attention away, but the groundwork for democratic government in the south was lain, free public schools, and new social legislation (however broadly challenged, i.e. a bill in 1883 the supreme court struck down which would further enhance civil rights ruled that the 14th amendment only prohibited discrimination by states, not from individuals). blacks held office, high office in many southern states well into the early 1900's.
by 1870, most of the federal troops were gone from the south. the republican party in the south was in tatters. widespread violence on blacks and their supporters, voter intimidation, an economic downturn, and the indian wars out west proved a proved a lethal cocktail. all because of the color of skin. i don't think there's a good reason to fly the rebel flag
interesting facts: salmon p chase was a revolutionary supreme court justice
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birth of a nation was screened at woodrow wilson's white house.
it's like writing history lightning. my only regret is that it's all so terribly true. he later claimed it was an aide who said that.
: web dubois and booker t. washington had a psudeo friendly rivalry
: andrew johnson was illiterate