Race, politics, and Reconstruction : the first Black cadets at old West Point / edited by Rory McGovern and Ronald G. Machoian.
| Other author | McGovern, Rory editor. |
| Other author | Machoian, Ronald Glenn, 1965- editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2024. |
| Copyright Date | ©2024 |
| Description | 228 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | First Black cadets at old West Point |
| Series | The Black soldier in war and society : new narratives and critical perspectives |
| Contents | A Nursery of Treason Remade? Reconstruction Politics and the Rise and Fall of West Point's First Black Cadets / Adam H. Domby -- Making West Point "All American" : Integration as the Legacy of Civil War Service / Cameron D. McCoy -- The First African American Cadets at West Point / Makonen Campbell and Louisa Koebrich -- Trying Times on the Hudson : One Cadet's Witness to James Webster Smith's Travails at Old West Point / Ronald G. Machoian -- "You Need Not Think You Are on an Equality with Your Classmates" : Resistance to Integration at West Point / Rory McGovern -- "The Army Would Soon Grow Accustomed to It" : The Army Reacts to Integration at West Point / Jonathan D. Bratten -- The Integration of USMA in the Popular Press, 1870-1871 / Amanda M. Nagel -- "A Brief Moment in the Sun" : The Black Community's Response to a Failed Promise / Le'Trice D. Donaldson. |
| Abstract | "This book tells the story of racial integration at the United States Military Academy after the Civil War and spotlights the social environment and cultural currents that led to its failure"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Abstract | "The first in-depth study of racial integration at West Point after the Civil War. Race, Politics, and Reconstruction tells the story of racial integration at the United States Military Academy after the Civil War and spotlights the social environment and cultural currents that led to its failure. The first attempt to racially integrate West Point proved not simply a lost opportunity but an opportunity squandered with shocking degrees of forethought and deliberation. By investigating West Point's experience with race from varied and nuanced perspectives, including those of the first Black cadets, the US Army officer corps, white cadets, the Academy's faculty and staff, and the Black and white American publics, the contributors to this volume cast both the promise and the failure of integration at West Point as an illuminating microcosm of Reconstruction itself"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Race, politics, and Reconstruction Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2024 9780813951928 |
| LCCN | 2024019024 |
| ISBN | 9780813951904 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0813951909 hardcover |
| ISBN | 9780813951911 paperback |
| ISBN | 0813951917 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | U410 .Q1 R34 2024 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |