Episode 2: Black Reconstruction with Nathan Ryan and Debbie Southorn
The Lit Review Podcast
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Struggles for Civil Rights: Strategy Over Morality
This chapter explores Charles Sumner's challenges in advancing civil rights legislation during the 1860s, focusing on the necessity of strategic action over moral persuasion. It highlights contemporary leftist movements' need to enhance their organizing methods, referencing W.E.B. Du Bois's influential work and hinting at a future discussion with a notable abolitionist.
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