{"product_id":"the-day-freedom-died-the-colfax-massacre-the-supreme-court-and-the-betrayal-of-reconstruction-paperback","title":"The Day Freedom Died: The Colfax Massacre, the Supreme Court, and the Betrayal of Reconstruction - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Lane\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbsorbing . . . Riveting . . . A legal thriller.--Kevin Boyle, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing the Civil War, Colfax, Louisiana, was a town like many where African Americans and whites mingled uneasily. But on April 13, 1873, a small army of white ex-Confederate soldiers, enraged after attempts by freedmen to assert their new rights, killed more than sixty African Americans who had occupied a courthouse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSeeking justice for the slain, one brave U.S. attorney, James Beckwith, risked his life and career to investigate and punish the perpetrators--but they all went free. What followed was a series of courtroom dramas that culminated at the Supreme Court, where the justices' verdict compromised the victories of the Civil War and left Southern blacks at the mercy of violent whites for generations. \u003ci\u003eThe Day Freedom Died\u003c\/i\u003e is a riveting historical saga that captures a gallery of characters from presidents to townspeople, and re-creates the bloody days of Reconstruction, when the often brutal struggle for equality moved from the battlefield into communities across the nation.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Lane\u003c\/b\u003e learned about the Colfax Massacre case while covering the Supreme Court for \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. A former correspondent for \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, Lane has reported from Japan, Latin America, Europe, and southern Africa. His essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard and studied law at Yale. He lives in the Washington, D.C., area.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47641875644675,"sku":"9780805089226","price":5911.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/9310\/7359\/files\/c3VWU01xWGF1RUZoQVFpd1N3K0JrUT09.webp?v=1768643580","url":"https:\/\/annizon.com\/en-jp\/products\/the-day-freedom-died-the-colfax-massacre-the-supreme-court-and-the-betrayal-of-reconstruction-paperback","provider":"annizon.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}