"My own work emphasizes the continuing relevance of the #Reconstruction period to the world in which we live. In the past two generations, no era of #AmericanHistory has undergone a more complete revision of historical interpretation."

The Education of a Historian

excerpted from #EricFoner's #OurFragileFreedoms: Essays

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/eric-foner-our-fragile-freedom-essay/

#UShistory #USpolitics #modernHistory #contemporaryHistory #civilRights #civilLiberties #books @histodons @bookstodon