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Eric Foner

Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor of History, specializes in the Civil War and Reconstruction, slavery, and 19th-century America. He is one of only two persons to serve as President of the Organization of American Historians, American Historical Association, and Society of American Historians. He has also been the curator of several museum exhibitions, including the prize-winning "A House Divided: America in the Age of Lincoln," at the Chicago Historical Society. His book, The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery won the Pulitzer, Bancroft, and Lincoln prizes for 2011. His latest book is Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad.

Archive, Reconstruction 3.0, Remapping American ChristianitiesJanuary 17, 2016

The Better Angels of Our Nature: The Need for a Third Reconstruction

By Eric Foner

At a time when so much of American politics seems incited by fear and hatred,…

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