Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory (David W. Blight - CH) medal ten postwar presidents appointed former

ten postwar presidents appointed former Confederates to serve the reunited nation as Supreme Court justices

Bankrupt and rudderless

From Nathan Hale to Benedict Arnold

Narrated by James Earl Jones

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Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory (David W. Blight - CH) medal ten postwar presidents appointed formerby David W. Blight Winner of the Bancroft Prize Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Winner of the Merle Curti award Winner of the Frederick Douglass Prize No historical event has left as deep an imprint on America's collective memory as the Civil War. In the war's aftermath, Americans had to embrace and cast off a traumatic past. David Blight explores the perilous path of remembering and forgetting, and reveals its tragic costs to race