Democracy Reborn: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Fight for Equal Rights in Post-Civil War America
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Describes the fierce battle that erupted in post-Civil War America over the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment, the implications of the revolutionary addition to the U.S. Constitution, and the colorful cast of characters involved—including Thaddeus Stevens, Charles Sumner, Frederick Douglass, and Susan B. Anthony.
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