The Origins of Black Reconstruction

The boys was trying to make a number of points in this text you may know that i wrote an essay in the new york based journal the nation or on black reconstruction on the occasion of the new edition. I don't think Du Bois pays sufficient attention to the indigenous question me for example well like many historians today he points to the failure of land ruffler the failure to distribute land to the formerly enslaved as a major problem with reconstruction helping to shed light on white fields. But since folks even today in 2023 and not dealing with the indigenous question that sets light on why Du Bois thought it was madness to endure what we are enduring today.