Bøger af William Warren Rogers

Recounts the volatile period following the end of the Civil War, when Southern whites were forced to concede equal rights to former slaves, ushering in a new and ruthless brand of politics. Nowhere was this more evident than in Alabama, where the Republican Party reestablished itself with the participation of a newly freed constituency.

During the decades of Bourbon ascendancy after 1874, Alabama institutions were dominated by whites. This is the story of former slave and sharecropper Jack Turner who refused to accept a society so structured. Intelligent, physically imposing and an orator of persuasive talents, Turner was fearless before whites and emerged as a leader of his race.