{"product_id":"dark-sky-rising-reconstruction-and-the-dawn-of-jim-crow-scholastic-focus-hardcover","title":"Dark Sky Rising: Reconstruction and the Dawn of Jim Crow (Scholastic Focus) - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHenry Louis Gates Jr\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTonya Bolden\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenry Louis Gates, Jr. presents a journey through America's past and our nation's attempts at renewal in this look at the Civil War's conclusion, Reconstruction, and the rise of Jim Crow segregation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is a story about America during and after Reconstruction, one of history's most pivotal and misunderstood chapters. In a stirring account of emancipation, the struggle for citizenship and national reunion, and the advent of racial segregation, the renowned Harvard scholar delivers a book that is illuminating and timely. Real-life accounts drive the narrative, spanning the half century between the Civil War and \u003ci\u003eBirth of a Nation\u003c\/i\u003e. Here, you will come face-to-face with the people and events of Reconstruction's noble democratic experiment, its tragic undermining, and the drawing of a new \"color line\" in the long Jim Crow era that followed. In introducing young readers to them, and to the resiliency of the African American people at times of progress and betrayal, Professor Gates shares a history that remains vitally relevant today.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfessor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African \u0026amp; African American Research at Harvard. He is an acclaimed author and critic who has unearthed literary gems. He also has produced, written, and hosted an array of documentary films for public television, including \u003ci\u003eAfrica's Great Civilizations\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFinding Your Roots\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlack America Since MLK: And Still I Rise\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross\u003c\/i\u003e. Gates is the recipient of 55 honorary degrees and numerous prizes. A member of the first class awarded \"genius grants\" by the MacArthur Foundation in 1981, he was, in 1998, the first African American scholar to be awarded the National Humanities Medal. In addition, he was named to \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e's 25 Most Influential Americans list in 1997, \u003ci\u003eEbony\u003c\/i\u003e's Power 150 list in 2009, and \u003ci\u003eEbony\u003c\/i\u003e's Power 100 list in 2010 and 2012. \u003cbr\u003e Tonya Bolden is the award-winning author of many notable books for children and young adults, among them the Coretta Scott King Author Honor-winning \u003ci\u003eMaritcha: A Nineteenth Century American Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, which was also a James Madison Book Award Winner and CCBC Best Book of the Year. Ms. Bolden's \u003ci\u003eEmancipation Proclamation: Lincoln and the Dawn of Liberty\u003c\/i\u003e was named a Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year and is the recipient of the Carter G. Woodson Book Award. Ms. Bolden is a two-time NAACP Image Award nominee, and Winner of the 2016 Children's Book Guild of Washington, DC's Nonfiction Award for Body of Work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.3 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 29, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dark Sky Rising: Reconstruction and the Dawn of Jim Crow\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Middle Grades, 6 and up\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.7\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772369371424,"sku":"9781338262049","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/08a3ee88eb436ef79867efe028c4ad36.webp?v=1780404157","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/dark-sky-rising-reconstruction-and-the-dawn-of-jim-crow-scholastic-focus-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}