Christian G. Samito, who earned a law degree from Harvard Law School and a doctorate in American history, is the editor of Commanding Boston’s Irish Ninth: The Civil War Letters of Colonel Patrick R. Guiney, Ninth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and Fear Was Not in Him”: The Civil War Letters of Major General Francis C. Barlow, U.S.A, and the author of Becoming American under Fire: Irish Americans, African Americans, and the Politics of Citizenship during the Civil War Era.
"The Civil Rights Act of 1866 forever changed the course of
American law, but it has never received the full scholarly
attention it deserves until now. The fine essays in this skillfully
edited and much-needed collection explain why the 1866 act was (and
is) so important."--Michael A. Ross, author of Justice of
Shattered Dreams "Christian G. Samito has brought together an
impressive array of historians and legal scholars of the first
federal civil rights law in American history. With lucid analysis
and keen insight, The Greatest and the Grandest Act deftly guides
the reader from the ambiguities of the act's inception all the way
to its continued significance today."--Risa L. Goluboff, author of
Vagrant Nation
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