Multiracial Democracy is Young and Fragile
A brief history of the struggle to reconstitute a nation built on racial hierarchy around the principle of equality – Part I: Lessons from the rise and fall of Reconstruction.
This piece is free to read, no paywall - and some thoughts:
🧵
https://steady.page/en/democracyamericana/posts/b0eafc14-f68d-4499-8108-b440bad1af7f
Thomas Zimmer
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