Article: Three Reconstruction Leaders: Blanche K. Bruce, Robert Brown Elliott, and Holland Thompson

Robert B. Elliott

Article: Three Reconstruction Leaders: Blanche K. Bruce, Robert Brown Elliott, and Holland Thompson

1988

Article

HathiTrust provides an excerpt published in the 1988 edited book, Black Leaders of the Nineteenth Century, titled "Three Reconstruction Leaders: Blanche K. Bruce, Robert Brown Elliott, and Holland Thompson," by Howard N. Rabinowitz. Robinowitz analyzes how these three men, who differed in background, policy support, and political participation, help to illustrate the diverse nature of Southern Black leadership after the Civil War.

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Black Leaders of the Nineteenth Century (HathiTrust)

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