Democracy Reborn Epps Garrett
Democracy Reborn Epps Garrett "Engaging . . . enthralling book."--David W. With a novelist's eye for biographical detail, Epps has written an . . . Yet it was war all the same--a desperate struggle…
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Democracy Reborn Epps Garrett
"Engaging . . . enthralling book."--David W. With a novelist's eye for biographical detail, Epps has written an . . .
Yet it was war all the same--a desperate struggle for the soul and future of the new American Republic that was rising from the ashes of Civil War. Blight, Chicago TribuneThe last battle of the Civil War wasn't fought at Appomattox by dashing generals or young soldiers but by middle-aged men in frock coats. It was the battle that planted the seeds of democracy, under the bland heading "Amendment XIV." Scholars call it the "Second Constitution." Over time, the Fourteenth Amendment--which at last provided African Americans with full citizenship and prohibited any state from denying any citizen due process and equal protection under the law--changed almost every detail of our public life.Democracy Reborn tells the story of this