"A highly readable story of black Americans' ongoing heroic
struggle for freedom . . . Beautifully told." -"The Washington Post
Book World"
"Passionate, lucid, concise without being light. . . . Foner traces
the lines of race and politics that run from Reconstruction to the
age of segregation to the civil rights movement to our own time."
-"The New York Times Book Review"
"Foner delves deeply into the politics of the time, to be sure, but
he spends much more time showing how political decisions affected
real people. . . . This book has the potential to become a model
for future history books that target a broader audience." -"The
Washington Monthly"
"African Americans emerge as political powerful actors in "Forever
Free," In [these] vivid pages . . . we become acquainted with these
extraordinary people, some well-known, some virtually unknown."
-"The New Republic" "From the Trade Paperback edition."
" A highly readable story of black Americans' ongoing heroic
struggle for freedom . . . Beautifully told." - "The Washington
Post Book World"
" Passionate, lucid, concise without being light. . . . Foner
traces the lines of race and politics that run from Reconstruction
to the age of segregation to the civil rights movement to our own
time." - "The New York Times Book Review"
" Foner delves deeply into the politics of the time, to be sure,
but he spends much more time showing how political decisions
affected real people. . . . This book has the potential to become a
model for future history books that target a broader audience." -
"The Washington Monthly"
" African Americans emerge as political powerful actors in "Forever
Free," In [these] vivid pages . . . we become acquainted with these
extraordinary people, some well-known, some virtually unknown." -
"The New Republic" "From the Trade Paperback edition."
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