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Capitol Men

The Epic Story of Reconstruction Through the Lives of the First Black Congressmen

Reconstruction was a time of idealism and sweeping change, as the victorious Union created citizenship rights for the freed slaves and granted the vote to black men. Sixteen black Southerners, elected to the U.S. Congress, arrived in Washington to advocate reforms such as public education, equal rights, land distribution, and the suppression of the Ku Klux Klan. But these men faced astounding odds. They were belittled as corrupt and inadequate by their white political opponents, who used legislative trickery, libel, bribery, and the brutal intimidation of their constituents to rob them of their base of support. Despite their status as congressmen, they were made to endure the worst humiliations of racial prejudice. And they have been largely forgotten—often neglected or maligned by standard histories of the period. In this beautifully written book, Philip Dray reclaims their story. Drawing on archival documents, contemporary news accounts, and congressional records, he shows how the efforts of black Americans revealed their political perceptiveness and readiness to serve as voters, citizens, and elected officials. We meet men like the war hero Robert Smalls of South Carolina (who had stolen a Confederate vessel and delivered it to the Union navy), Robert Brown Elliott (who bested the former vice president of the Confederacy in a stormy debate on the House floor), and the distinguished former slave Blanche K. Bruce (who was said to possess “the manners of a Chesterfield”). As Dray demonstrates, these men were eloquent, creative, and often effective representatives who, as support for Reconstruction faded, were undone by the forces of Southern reaction and Northern indifference. In a grand narrative that traces the promising yet tragic arc of Reconstruction, Dray follows these black representatives’ struggles, from the Emancipation Proclamation to the onset of Jim Crow, as they fought for social justice and helped realize the promise of a new nation.

Dunn slipped into unconsciousness, and Packard was summoned. Seeing his
friend's desperate situation, he called in another physician, Dr. Scott, who
declared that Dunn was suffering from congestion of the brain and lungs brought
about by excessive vomiting. Other leading physicians of New Orleans arrived,
including Dr. Warren Stone, a local medical pioneer, and Dr. Louis Roudanez, a
Paris- educated Creole physician, but they ventured no new diagnosis and ex-
pressed ...

Life Strategies from The Art of War

Although his book is called The Art of War, author Sun-Tzu believed in force as a last resort. His text has been used to improve all kinds of relationships, from personal to political, since it was written 2,500 years ago.

Although his book is called The Art of War, author Sun-Tzu believed in force as a last resort. His text has been used to improve all kinds of relationships, from personal to political, since it was written 2,500 years ago.

Vietnam subject index maps

research files of the Engineer Agency for Resources Inventories and Vietnam Research and Evaluation Information Center, Bureau for Vietnam

Statistik Indonesia

Dr. Widjojo Ekonomi, Keuangan dan Nitisastro Perindustrian, dan merangkap
Ketua BAPPENAS 19. Menteri Negara bidang: Prof. Dr. Soenawar
Kesejahteraan Rakyat Soekowati S. H. 20. Menteri Negara bidang: Dr. J. B.
Soemarlin Penertiban Aparatur Negara 21. Menteri Negara bidang: Prof. Dr.
Soemitro Research/Riset Djojohadikusumo May. Jen. Sudhar- mono S. H. 22.
Menteri Negara/Sekretaris Negara/Sekretaris Kabinet Jadi, seluruhnya ada 17
Menteri yang pin Departemen ...

Modelling Early Christianity

Social-Scientific Studies of the New Testament in its Context

Modelling Early Christianity explores the intriguing foreign social context of first century Palestine and the Greco-Roman East, in which the Christian faith was first proclaimed and the New Testament documents were written. It demonstrates that a sophisticated analysis of the context is essential in order to understand the original meaning of the texts. The contributors examine social themes such as early Christian group formation, the centrality of kinship and honour and the economic setting. They offer a wealth of novel and socially realistic interpretations which make sense of the texts. At the same time, Modelling Early Christianity contains significant new ideas on the relationship between social-scientific and literary-critical analysis, the theoretical justification for model-use and the way these new approaches can fertilise contemporary Christian theology.

LANGUAGE. OF. WARFARE. IN. THE. NEW. TESTAMENT. Raymond. Hobbs.
INTRODUCTION This essay is a continuation of my interests in warfare in the
Bronze Age and Iron Age and the literature related to it (Hobbs 1989a; Hobbs
and Jackson 1991). In this present form it is more an invitation to discourse than a
finished product, and will form the basis of further research. In my book on
warfare in ancient Israel (1989a) I wrote much in the concluding chapter about
the ...

Smart Green Civilizations

Indus Valley

Did you know that as many as 7000 years ago, people who lived in the Indus valley practised rainwater harvesting? Not only that, this smart green civilization also used sun-baked bricks, which was an effective way to use solar energy. Familiarize yourself with the fascinating ways of this ancient civilization as Teri, our time-travelling explorer, goes back in time, to the Indus Valley.

Ships carrying goods wenT To King Sargon of Akkad, MesopoTamia, around
2350 BC. A cylindrical Iraqi seal has also been found in Mohenjo—daro. The
Indus Valley seals were square or recTangular and were made of clay, which
was burnT To make Them sTronger. They were used To mark The goods of a
Trader and also To buy and sell Things. Every imporTanT person wore around
his neck a seal sTrung on a cord. The seal was also used To sTamp on
imporTanT agreemenTs.

The New Nation

A survey of the development of American popular culture covers the period from the end of the Revolutionary War through the Western Expansionism movement in the early 19th century.

lie. New. Nation. 12. Visual. Arts. Independence brought a self-awareness not
seen before on the North American continent. Despite their many differences, the
former colonies, at best a loose confederation of states that each promoted its
own regional and secular interests, began to realize that they were now all
Americans. With the emergence of a new nationality came an awareness of the
need to establish a national culture, one that could immortalize, whether it would
be in stone ...