{"product_id":"requiem-for-reconstruction-black-countermemory-and-the-legacy-of-the-lowcountrys-lost-political-generation-9781469691879","title":"Requiem for Reconstruction: Black Countermemory and the Legacy of the Lowcountry's Lost Political Generation","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe promise of Reconstruction sparked a transformative era in American history as free and newly emancipated Black Americans sought to redefine their place in a nation still grappling with the legacy of slavery. Often remembered as a period of failed progressive change that gave way to Jim Crow and second-class citizenship, Reconstruction's tragic narrative has long overshadowed the resilience and agency of African Americans during this time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRequiem for Reconstruction\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles Reconstruction's legacy by focusing on key Black figures such as South Carolina congressman Robert Smalls, Judge William Whipper, writer Frances Rollin, and others who shaped postbellum Black America. Robert D. Bland traces the impact of the Reconstruction generation--Black Americans born between 1840 and 1870 who saw Reconstruction as a defining political movement and worked to preserve its legacy by establishing a new set of historical practices such as formulating new archives, shaping local community counternarratives, using the Black press to inform national audiences about Southern Republican politics, and developing a framework to interpret the recent past's connection to their present world. Set in South Carolina's Lowcountry--a hub of Black freedom, landownership, and activism--this book shows how late nineteenth-century Black leaders, educators, and journalists built a powerful countermemory of Reconstruction, defying the dominant white narrative that sought to erase their contributions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert D. Bland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e The John Hope Franklin African American History and Culture\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.59d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781469691879","brand":"University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45109319729289,"sku":"9781469691879","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_9a28a3fa-c42f-4bef-b5a5-fd0d4ed096ab.jpg?v=1767074224","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/requiem-for-reconstruction-black-countermemory-and-the-legacy-of-the-lowcountrys-lost-political-generation-9781469691879","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}