Race, Politics, and Reconstruction
Race, Politics, and Reconstruction
The First Black Cadets at Old West Point
Edited by Rory McGovern and Ronald G. Machoian
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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 sabotaged 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.
Contributors: Jonathan D. Bratten, Army National Guard * Makonen A. Campbell, United States Military Academy * Adam H. Domby, Auburn University * Le’Trice Donaldson, Auburn University * Louisa Koebrich, US Army North * Ronald G. Machoian, University of Wisconsin-Madison * Cameron McCoy, US Naval War College * Rory McGovern, United States Military Academy * Amanda M. Nagel, US Army Command and General Staff College
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 sabotaged 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.
Contributors: Jonathan D. Bratten, Army National Guard * Makonen A. Campbell, United States Military Academy * Adam H. Domby, Auburn University * Le’Trice Donaldson, Auburn University * Louisa Koebrich, US Army North * Ronald G. Machoian, University of Wisconsin-Madison * Cameron McCoy, US Naval War College * Rory McGovern, United States Military Academy * Amanda M. Nagel, US Army Command and General Staff College
- Summary
- Reviews
- Author Bio(s)
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 sabotaged 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.
Contributors: Jonathan D. Bratten, Army National Guard * Makonen A. Campbell, United States Military Academy * Adam H. Domby, Auburn University * Le’Trice Donaldson, Auburn University * Louisa Koebrich, US Army North * Ronald G. Machoian, University of Wisconsin-Madison * Cameron McCoy, US Naval War College * Rory McGovern, United States Military Academy * Amanda M. Nagel, US Army Command and General Staff College
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 sabotaged 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.
Contributors: Jonathan D. Bratten, Army National Guard * Makonen A. Campbell, United States Military Academy * Adam H. Domby, Auburn University * Le’Trice Donaldson, Auburn University * Louisa Koebrich, US Army North * Ronald G. Machoian, University of Wisconsin-Madison * Cameron McCoy, US Naval War College * Rory McGovern, United States Military Academy * Amanda M. Nagel, US Army Command and General Staff College
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